Grainger is the National Founding Sponsor of the Red Cross Ready When the Time Comes® (RWTC) corporate volunteer program in the U.S. and Canada. More than 1,700 Grainger team members have been trained as RWTC volunteers.
Home fires are the most common disaster in the U.S., and the Red Cross responds to one every eight minutes. In 2014, the Red Cross launched a nationwide campaign aimed at reducing home fire deaths and injuries by 25 percent in the U.S. by 2020. Grainger supports the campaign with an annual donation of smoke detectors, which are installed by volunteers and fire departments in at-risk communities. The campaign makes a huge difference, as more than 656,000 smoke detectors have been installed since the beginning of the program.