READY FOR RELIEF: Steve Ilko


January 12, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

READY FOR RELIEF: Steve Ilko

of Boardman stands next to a Chevrolet Blazer that serves as an

emergency relief

vehicle. Volunteer members of Mahoning Red Cross Disaster Action Teams, or DATs,

answered 92 calls to fires in 2008, and provided free assistance to 292 people in the Mahoning Chapter’s

service area.