Firefighters Burn Institute~
Team Drake Racing is proud to announce our partnership with the Firefighters Burn Institute! This is a great local orginization that donates not only to Burn Survivors that are Firefighters but to the general public and has helped start one of the nations top burn centers at the U.C. Davis Hospital! Team Drake Racing learned about this awesome organization a couple years ago when we donated a car to them. We plan to help raise money at races and to attend special events.
Here is some info about the Firefighters Burn Institute from their About page-
In 1972, a jet airplane attempting to take off from Sacramento Executive Airport, crashed into a crowded Farrell’s ice cream parlor, killing 22 people and burning many others. A Sacramento firefighter, Gene LaVine, and eight members of his family died in the fiery crash.
Shortly after the crash, Cliff Haskell, a Captain with the Sacramento Fire Department, convinced the Sacramento Area Fire Fighters Local 522 to allow him to begin to work in establishing a specialized burn unit for the area. Cliff began fund-raising campaigns and the Firefighters Burn Institute was formed in December 1973.
- More In About FFBI
With the collaboration of physicians and administration at the University of California Davis Medical Center, it was agreed that a specialized burn treatment facility was needed. The UCDMC Regional Burn Center opened in January of 1974.
The Firefighters Burn Institute participates in local burn care, and also plays an active leadership role on a national level with the Federation of Burn Foundations and the American Burn Association.
Mission Statement
The Firefighters Burn Institute is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded by the Sacramento Area Firefighters Local 522 in 1973, for the purpose of establishing a local burn treatment facility, providing recovery programs for burn survivors, providing fire and burn prevention through public education, funding education for burn team professionals, firefighters, and burn survivors and supporting burn treatment and rehabilitation research.
More Info about the Firefighters Burn Institute can be found at http://ffburn.org/
