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  • Citrus Heights: firefighters to hit streets for ‘Boot for Burns’ annual fundraiser

    Citrus Heights: firefighters to hit streets for ‘Boot for Burns’ annual fundraiser

    Metro Fire ladder truck, Citrus Heights Sentinel
    File photo, Metro Fire ladder truck. // CHSentinel

    Firefighters plan to hit the streets and fill their boots with donations at Sunrise Boulevard and Greenback Lane this President’s Day weekend, for the 22nd annual “Fill the Boot for Burns” fundraiser in Citrus Heights.

    Reporting over $125,000 in donations during last year’s fundraiser, the local four-day “boot drive” is one of several-dozen similar events held across the state that together raised over $400,000 last year for the Firefighters Burn Institute — a Sacramento-based nonprofit which helps provide treatment and recovery programs for burn survivors, as well as burn-related training and kids camps.

    The 2016 fundraiser will be held from Feb. 11-14, with a free safety fair on Feb. 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the mall parking lot, according to a Sunrise Mall Facebook event page. The fair is scheduled to include giveaways, prizes, a “Jaws of Life” demo, and helicopter landing.

    Last year, Tyler Craft, a firefighter-paramedic with Metro Fire Station 21 in Citrus Heights, was one of two firemen who helped “raise” attention to the fundraiser as “basket-sitters” atop an extended ladder truck at the intersection for three days.

    Craft previously told The Sentinel that all “boot” funds collected during the fundraiser go directly to the burn institute, which was founded by firefighters in 1973 after a Sacramento plane crash killed 22 people and burned many others.

    According to The Institute’s website, the nonprofit has continued in its mission to support research and benefit burn survivors through the years, notably giving $2 million toward the new UC Davis Firefighters Burn Institute Regional Burn Center, which was named in recognition of the Institute’s contributions.

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    If you plan to participate:

    “Fill the Boot for Burns” charity event
    When: Thurs. – Sun., Feb. 11-14, 2016
    9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
    Where: Sunrise Boulevard and Greenback Lane, intersection

    Safety Fair:
    When: Saturday Feb. 13
    11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    Where: Sunrise Mall parking lot (Sunrise/Greenback)

  • Firefighters hit streets for local burn fundraiser, safety fair

    In an effort to raise funds for burn survivors, hundreds of firefighters from across the state will be out seeking to fill boots with donations at the intersection of Sunrise Boulevard and Greenback Lane this weekend during the 21st annual “Fill the Boot for Burns” fundraiser in Citrus Heights.

    Fire fighters in street, sign. Charity event in Citrus Heights. Photo by Luke Otterstad
    A sign on Sunrise Boulevard alerts drivers to be on the lookout for fire “fighters in street” for the upcoming boot drive.

    Reporting donations totaling over $100,000 last year, the local four-day fundraiser is one of several dozen “boot drives” across the state that together raised over half-a-million dollars last year for the Firefighters Burn Institute — a Sacramento-based nonprofit which helps provide treatment and recovery programs for burn survivors, as well as host burn-related training and kids camps.

    Weather permitting, the weekend fundraiser will also have a safety fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, featuring a “Jaws of Life” car-cutting demonstration by Metro Fire, a live helicopter landing, fire truck and ambulance displays, clowns, face painting, vendor booths and more, according to an event flier.

    The Citrus Heights Police Department will also be supporting the firefighters’ effort, according to CHPD Sergeant Mike Wells, who said officers will have a patrol vehicle and one of their new three-wheeled Trikkes on display during the safety fair — along with “a K-9 officer and his partner (dog) on site for the community to meet.”

    Tyler Craft, a firefighter-paramedic with Metro Fire Station 21 in Citrus Heights, said he’ll be one of two firemen helping “raise” attention to the fundraiser by serving as a “basket-sitter” atop an extended ladder truck at the intersection for “72 straight hours.” He called the endurance test “nothing close” to the grueling pain burn patients endure.
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    Craft said all “boot” funds collected will go directly to the burn institute, which was founded by firefighters in 1973 after a Sacramento plane crash killed 22 people and burned many others. The Institute has continued in its mission to support research and benefit burn survivors through the years, notably giving $2 million toward the new UC Davis Firefighters Burn Institute Regional Burn Center, named in recognition of the Institute’s contributions.

    “The Firefighters Burn Institute here in Sacramento has seriously put Sacramento on the map for burn care,” said Craft, commenting that burn survivors fly in from all over northern California for care. “It truly is a premier burn center.”

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    “Fill the Boot for Burns” charity event
    When: Thurs. – Sun., Feb. 12-15, 2015
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Where: Sunrise Boulevard and Greenback Lane, intersection

    Safety Fair:
    When: Saturday Feb. 14
    11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    Where: Sunrise Mall parking lot (Sunrise/Greenback)

    Safety Fair Flier: Safety-Flyer-2015.pdf