Emergency App
Stay safe during emergencies with expert tips & useful tools.
Help Keep Your Loved Ones Safe. Climate change is causing more extreme weather events. We built the FREE Emergency app to help you prepare. It is simple to use and lets you customize 40 different weather alerts with fast notifications. It provides step-by-step guides to help you prepare and explains how climate change has impacted each hazard. You can easily find open Red Cross shelters with an interactive map. Choose to use the app in English or Spanish with an easy-to-find language toggle, and full weather alerts in both Spanish and English. The Emergency app is accessible so people with disabilities can use it. Compatible with Apple Watch and Android Wearable devices.
Or text: "GETEMERGENCY" to 90999
First Aid App
Pet First Aid App
Blood Donor App
Hero Care App
Be Prepared for Emergencies. Accidents happen – but you can be ready to help yourself and your loved ones with this FREE app. The First Aid app puts expert advice for common emergencies at your fingertips. Videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice makes learning easy and engaging. Select English or Spanish language with an in-app toggle.
Or text: "GETFIRST" to 90999
Take Care of Your Family Cats and Dogs. The FREE Pet First Aid app puts veterinary advice for emergencies as well as everyday pet care in the palm of your hand. With videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice it’s never been easier to know pet first aid.
Or text: "GETPET" to 90999
Make Donating Blood and Platelets Easy. The FREE Blood Donor app puts the power to save lives in the palm of your hand. Find nearby Red Cross blood drives, schedule and manage appointments, complete your RapidPass®, get notified when your blood is on its way to a patient, view results from your mini-physical, and more.
Or text: "BLOODAPP" to 80880
Information & Support for Military Members, Veterans and Families. If you are a member of the military/veteran communities, the FREE Hero Care app will connect you to important resources that can help you through both emergency and nonemergency situations. Select English or Spanish language with an in-app toggle.
Or text: "GETHEROCARE" to 90999
Be Prepared for Emergencies. Accidents happen – but you can be ready to help yourself and your loved ones with this FREE app. The First Aid app puts expert advice for common emergencies at your fingertips. Videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice makes learning easy and engaging. Select English or Spanish language with an in-app toggle.
Or text: "GETFIRST" to 90999
Take Care of Your Family Cats and Dogs. The FREE Pet First Aid app puts veterinary advice for emergencies as well as everyday pet care in the palm of your hand. With videos, interactive quizzes and simple step-by-step advice it’s never been easier to know pet first aid.
Or text: "GETPET" to 90999
Make Donating Blood and Platelets Easy. The FREE Blood Donor app puts the power to save lives in the palm of your hand. Find nearby Red Cross blood drives, schedule and manage appointments, complete your RapidPass®, get notified when your blood is on its way to a patient, view results from your mini-physical, and more.
Or text: "BLOODAPP" to 80880
Information & Support for Military Members, Veterans and Families. If you are a member of the military/veteran communities, the FREE Hero Care app will connect you to important resources that can help you through both emergency and nonemergency situations. Select English or Spanish language with an in-app toggle.
Or text: "GETHEROCARE" to 90999
Swim App
Pedro’s Fire Safety Challenge
Help Your Family Be Safer in and Around Water. Children and adults can learn to be safer in and around water with Swim by the American Red Cross. Knowing how to swim is exciting and opens the door to many opportunities, but water is not without risk. Learning to enjoy the water safely should be the first step for anyone who will be around water. Have fun learning water safety in an engaging way with video and activities for kids and families. Track your kids’ progress with this FREE app as they learn to swim.
Or text: "SWIM" to 90999
Thanks to our sponsor
Play Pedro’s Fire Safety Challenge. Pedro’s Fire Challenge is a fun and engaging interactive game created by the Red Cross for children ages 4-8 years old that teaches age-appropriate skills for handling a home fire emergency and other stressful situations. Pedro the penguin guides children through a set of activities on topics such as home fire safety, coping skills, and good old-fashioned penguin fun! At the end of the challenge, children earn a fire safety badge in the Alexa app.
Or say “Alexa, enable Pedro's Fire Challenge by American Red Cross”
Help Your Family Be Safer in and Around Water. Children and adults can learn to be safer in and around water with Swim by the American Red Cross. Knowing how to swim is exciting and opens the door to many opportunities, but water is not without risk. Learning to enjoy the water safely should be the first step for anyone who will be around water. Have fun learning water safety in an engaging way with video and activities for kids and families. Track your kids’ progress with this FREE app as they learn to swim.
Or text: "SWIM" to 90999
Thanks to our sponsor
Play Pedro’s Fire Safety Challenge. Pedro’s Fire Challenge is a fun and engaging interactive game created by the Red Cross for children ages 4-8 years old that teaches age-appropriate skills for handling a home fire emergency and other stressful situations. Pedro the penguin guides children through a set of activities on topics such as home fire safety, coping skills, and good old-fashioned penguin fun! At the end of the challenge, children earn a fire safety badge in the Alexa app.
Or say “Alexa, enable Pedro's Fire Challenge by American Red Cross”
Transfusion Practice Guidelines (TPG) App
Immediate Access to Blood Usage Guidelines to Help Improve Patient Care. The American Red Cross TPG App is the mobile version of the Compendium of Transfusion Practice Guidelines, a review of blood usage guidelines published in English in peer-reviewed journals.
Immediate Access to Blood Usage Guidelines to Help Improve Patient Care. The American Red Cross TPG App is the mobile version of the Compendium of Transfusion Practice Guidelines, a review of blood usage guidelines published in English in peer-reviewed journals.
Blood Donation
First Aid
Hurricane Alerts
Pedro's Fire Safety Challenge
Make Donating Blood and Platelets Easy. Find nearby blood drives, make or adjust appointments to donate blood, platelets or Power Red, review your donation history, and receive reminders as your donation day approaches.
Or say “Alexa, enable Red Cross Blood”
Be Prepared for Emergencies. Access on-the-spot advice for handling common first aid emergencies that can occur in your home. Self-test your first aid knowledge with educational quizzes, and explore new first aid topics by browsing our extensive FAQ.
Or say "Alexa, enable Red Cross First Aid"
Get Prepared for Hurricane Season. Get hurricane watch and warning notices for locations where you or your loved ones live – then access Red Cross expertise on how to prepare for the approaching hurricane and keep your family as safe as possible.
Or say “Alexa,使飓风警报”
Play Pedro’s Fire Safety Challenge. Pedro’s Fire Challenge is a fun and engaging interactive game created by the Red Cross for children ages 4-8 years old that teaches age-appropriate skills for handling a home fire emergency and other stressful situations. Pedro the penguin guides children through a set of activities on topics such as home fire safety, coping skills, and good old-fashioned penguin fun! At the end of the challenge, children earn a fire safety badge in the Alexa app.
Or say “Alexa, enable Pedro’s Fire Safety Challenge”
Make Donating Blood and Platelets Easy. Find nearby blood drives, make or adjust appointments to donate blood, platelets or Power Red, review your donation history, and receive reminders as your donation day approaches.
Or say “Alexa, enable Red Cross Blood”
Be Prepared for Emergencies. Access on-the-spot advice for handling common first aid emergencies that can occur in your home. Self-test your first aid knowledge with educational quizzes, and explore new first aid topics by browsing our extensive FAQ.
Or say "Alexa, enable Red Cross First Aid"
Get Prepared for Hurricane Season. Get hurricane watch and warning notices for locations where you or your loved ones live – then access Red Cross expertise on how to prepare for the approaching hurricane and keep your family as safe as possible.
Or say “Alexa,使飓风警报”
Play Pedro’s Fire Safety Challenge. Pedro’s Fire Challenge is a fun and engaging interactive game created by the Red Cross for children ages 4-8 years old that teaches age-appropriate skills for handling a home fire emergency and other stressful situations. Pedro the penguin guides children through a set of activities on topics such as home fire safety, coping skills, and good old-fashioned penguin fun! At the end of the challenge, children earn a fire safety badge in the Alexa app.
Or say “Alexa, enable Pedro’s Fire Safety Challenge”