For Firefighters

Fire professionals share a common goal with Shriners Hospitals for Children: the prevention of burn injuries through public education. The annual Burn Awareness campaign, recognized the first full week of February of each year, offers the opportunity to bring burn injury prevention to the attention of parents, caregivers, children and educators. It also provides fire departments the opportunity to reach out to schools, organizations and groups to offer presentations on burn prevention and fire safety.

To share important gasoline burn prevention safety messages, Shriners Hospitals for Children has produced fact sheets and coloring pages.

Important Facts for Parents and Caregivers (PDF)  English   Spanish

Important Facts for Teens and Tweens (PDF)  English  Spanish

Shriners Hospitals for Children Fact Sheet (PDF) English   Spanish

Video: The Story of Austin Bailiff

DVD: The Story of Austin Bailiff: This brief video emphasizes the dangers of playing with gasoline and targets teen and tween audiences. Austin Bailiff is a teen who was severely burned after experimenting with fire and gasoline. Bailiff has endured months of surgeries, skin graphs and therapies and missed out on wrestling, playing football and his 8th grade graduation. Warning: video contains images that might be disturbing to younger audiences. View the video on YouTube.

To request a presentation about the 2009 Burn Awareness campaign or Shriners Hospitals for Children, find your local chapter of Shriners International here or send an e-mail to shrinepr@shrinenet.org.

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