Organization: Burn Institute
Mission: The Burn Institute is a non-profit health agency dedicated to reducing burn injuries and deaths through fire and burn prevention education, burn survivor support programs and funding of burn care research and treatment.
Activities: The Burn Institute provides school-based and community based fire and burn prevention education programs and distributes fire and burn prevention literature to child care centers, pre-schools, grades K-6 schools, community health centers, community resource centers, libraries, and at health fairs and senior centers, in an effort to prevent fire and burn injuries and deaths. The Burn Institutes juvenile fire setter intervention program, wildfire prevention and preparation and senior fire burn prevention programs all provide the public with services that save lives and property through education. Support programs and services are offered to burn survivors including summer camp, retreats, support group meetings and outings.
NTEE category: Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief
Secondary category: Human Services