The American Red Cross is preparing to move disaster-relief supplies into a new 130,000-square-foot facility at Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center.
"We expect to have the warehouse completely stocked by the end of August," said Red Cross spokesman Roy Jensen. "In all we will bring in about 6,500 pallets loaded with approximately 12,000 disaster relief materials and equipment."
The facility's mission focuses on disaster relief in the Western states, although it also can provide assistance to other areas of the nation.
It's one of five operations of its type in the United States. Three are located on the East Coast and the fourth in the Midwest.
The American Red Cross leased the new facility on USA Parkway from ProLogis. The disaster relief operations previously were located in a Parr Boulevard warehouse.
