Burn Institute

Our Circle of Friends support group for burn survivors and caregivers continues to meet virtually twice a month to share their triumphs and challenges of living with their injuries. Physical and emotional healing continues after a burn survivor receives treatment, and this empowering program helps new and longtime survivors create a community of support and sharing around their journeys. We now also offer a women's support group that meets on the third Thursday of the month. If you are a burn survivor interested in joining our Circle of Friends, you can find more information on our website: https://burninstitute.org/ev/burn-survivor-support-group-3/

Do you have a family escape plan ready in case of emergency? When a fire strikes you want to make sure your family is prepared. Download our Family Escape Plan activity to make sure everyone in your home knows what to do and where to meet during an emergency. Family Escape Plan Activity: https://bit.ly/3qK3yrb

Our dedicated Burn Institute team is still providing free smoke alarm installations to seniors throughout San Diego County. We have added additional safety processes in order to continue this critical service to our communities. If you are 62 years or older, own your own home, and live in San Diego County you are eligible for our free installation of smoke alarms in your home. To find out more, fill out the application: https://burninstitute.org/applicat/smoke-alarm-application/

Thank you for following along during Burn Awareness Week with us and American Burn Association #NBAW. Make sure to practice electrical safety and burn prevention behavior throughout the year. Want to help our communities have the resources needed to reduce the risk of burns and support those who are recovering from burn related injury and trauma? Donate today to ensure prevention programs and education, as well as burn survivors services continue in San Diego. Donate: https:...//burninstitute.org/donate/ Hear from a local burn survivor: https://youtu.be/jGPmOLjDu1M

Home security bars are a method to keep your family safe. It’s important to know that the fire code requires the bars have an interior safety release mechanism... to allow escape in case of a fire or other emergency. Take a look at this video for more details. And for many more valuable safety tips, visit sandiego.gov/fire #FireSafetyTips Capt. M. Doan See more

Tomorrow is the last day of Burn Awareness Week. We hope all the Amps to Zap tips and resources shared this week are helpful to you. Each year over 400,000 burn injuries occur in the US with young children, older adults, and disabled individuals the most at risk. Reduction of electrical burns can be accomplished through simple changes and small adjustments at home! Electrical safety is just one way to reduce the risk of burn injury at home. We have useful resources about scald burn prevention, wildfire guides, safety in the workplace, and much more. Follow the Burn Institute and visit our website for helpful resources! burninstitute.org

The Burn Institute is hiring! We are looking for a Youth Firesetter Intervention Coordinator. The Coordinator is responsible for intakes and assessments with youth firesetters, meeting with families, probation officers, attorneys, schools, and other parties, providing assessments. This is a contract position for 3 or more hours per week. For more information, please visit our website https://burninstitute.org/youth-firesetter-intervention-co/

As we make our way through the alphabet of electrical safety tips for Burn Awareness Week #NBAW remember that the Burn Institute also supports burn survivors in their recovery journey and beyond. We offer peer support services, resources for financial and transportation assistance, mental health support, and social events for burn survivors, caregivers, and their families. Visit our website to learn more: burninstitute.org

Author Stephanie Kahle wrote this sweet and informative book when her firefighter husband was deployed on a strike team to combat wildfires in California. With beautiful illustrations from Karen Riedler and Kahle’s great vision, My Daddy Slays Dragons is a great family read for everyone and especially families with a parent occasionally away for an extended period doing important work like fighting fires. 10% of the proceeds from this book go to the Burn Institute to help us... continue our mission to education and inspire our communities to prevent burn injuries and empower those affected by burn trauma. Get your copy today Amazon: https://www.amazon.com//dp/1646542231/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0 Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-daddy-slays/1136851540

One-third of all Christmas tree fires occur in January when trees are left dead and dried out! The City of San Diego provides free Christmas Tree recycling at 17 locations across town. See more information on how to discard your tree safely here: https://www.sandiego.gov/environmental-s//events/christmas

Happy new year! As we change our calendars to 2021, remember to check your CO2 detector by pushing the TEST button to make sure they are working properly. Don't hear those three beeps during the test? Replace the battery or the carbon monoxide detector. If you are 62 or older, own your own home and live in San Diego, the Burn Institute can install smoke alarms and a carbon monoxide detector in your home - fill out the application here ... https://burninstitute.org/applicat/smoke-alarm-application/ See more

Happy new year! As we change our calendars to 2021, remember to check your smoke alarms by pushing the TEST button to make sure they are working properly. Don't hear those three beeps during the test? Replace the battery or the smoke alarm. If you are 62 or older, own your own home and live in San Diego, the Burn Institute can install smoke alarms and a carbon monoxide detector in your home - fill out the application here ... https://burninstitute.org/applicat/smoke-alarm-application/ See more

While families may have to get a little more creative this year to celebrate Halloween, we want to make sure everyone can still have a fire-safe and fun day. Here is our Halloween tip of the day: Use battery-operated candles or glow sticks in your Jack-o-lantern For more information on how to be safe during Halloween, check out the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) - https://www.nfpa.org//Fire-/Seasonal-fire-causes/Halloween

On Friday the Burn Institute hosted 9 volunteers from councilmember Chris J Cate's office, (including Chris Cate!) for training and installation of smoke alarms in homes of seniors. After the training, the volunteers went out and installed alarms in 8 homes in the Sixth District, ensuring that 23 people are better prepared in case of a home fire. Social distancing and safety precautions were in place to keep the volunteers and seniors safe. Thank you so much to our volunteers for helping the Burn Institute uphold its mission to provide education and resources for fire prevention to San Diego county. If you are a senior 62+, who owns your own home in the country, go this link to fill out an application to have smoke alarms installed in your home - https://burninstitute.org/applicat/smoke-alarm-application/

The Burn Institute has one Southwest Ticket Voucher (valued at $650) available at a discount of $500 for one of our supporters. The voucher can be used like cash, and travel must be completed by 2/19/2021. If you are interested in purchasing this voucher, please contact Susan at sday (at) burninstitute (dot) org

We ended Fire Prevention Week with San Diego Fire-Rescue Department’s live stream demonstration of a kitchen fire. Firefighters built a replica kitchen then showed proper and improper techniques to control and put out a kitchen fire. The Burn Institute was on hand to talk about different fire prevention resources and burn survivor services available to San Diego.

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Join us tomorrow at 9am during Fire Prevention Week with San Diego Fire-Rescue Department for a live stream of their live burn kitchen safety demonstration! We will be there talking about the importance of burn prevention and Burn Institute resources available for all San Diegans.

Each year at the beginning of October, the nation observes Fire Prevention Week in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Make sure to follow San Diego Fire-Rescue Department for streaming events and watch a live burn and fire safety demonstration this Saturday, October 10th. By the way, Mrs. O’Leary’s cow did not start the fire by kicking over the lantern in the barn, but the historical incident did lead to much greater fire prevention and modernized firefighting efforts. The Burn Institute acknowledges this annual observance and encourages you to adopt fire and burn precautions every day of the year.

Curious about how Covid-19 is Affecting Burn Foundations? Burn Foundations and Hospitals are rethinking how to serve their communities of burn survivors during the pandemic. If you'd like to know more, check out the video below!

The Phoenix World Burn Congress is less than a month away! Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with burn communities from around the world! Like many things this year, the Congress has gone virtual! Have you wanted to attend in the past, but transportation or time commitment was too much? This is the perfect year to check it out and engage with this wonderful community. Register today! Scholarships are available to those in need. https://burninstitute.org//world-burn-congress-scholarship/

Fire Prevention Week 2020 begins on Oct. 4. Because of the pandemic, SD Fire-Rescue will present three virtual events via Facebook Live. The first event is sche...duled for Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 8 a.m. You will get a virtual tour of SDFD fire station 45 in Mission Valley. The second Facebook Live is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 8 at 8 a.m. This event will be broadcast entirely in Spanish from SDFD station 29 in San Ysidro. Both of these broadcasts will present a snapshot of what firefighters do during their 24 hour shifts and provide a general orientation of the apparatus and station house. And, of course, you will meet the crews at these stations. The final event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 10 starting at 9 a.m. This will be a fire and burn safety broadcast which will include our partners at the Burn Institute and AMR and a live burn demonstration which illustrates this year's FPW theme - Serve up Fire Safety in the Kitchen. Please follow us on Facebook @SDFDofficial and share this information with your friends! Capt. M. Doan See more

Yesterday we held our annual Chiefs' Golf Classic! We are thankful for our sponsors and donors for supporting us to carry out our mission to educate and inspire our communities to prevent burn injuries and empower those affected by burn trauma. Thank you for a wonderful day!

As we put the final touches on our Chiefs' Golf Classic for Monday, we have a few special thank yous to give out: Rancho Bernardo Inn for their amazing accommodations and golf course SPY Optic Sunglasses for keeping our golfers well shaded Sunroad Auto for providing great prizes to potential hole in one winners ... Abnormal Beer Company for keeping the golfers refreshed Brigantine Seafood Restaurants for gifts to celebrate our golfers See more

Thank you to the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, a Second Alarm Sponsor for our Chiefs' Golf Tournament. Your support helps us continue to provide fire prevention and education programs and burn survivor services.