What about the ones who survive?

A recent survey conducted by the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) shows there are an estimated 1.25 million injuries due to fires in the US every year. Each year there are over 25,000 survivors of catastrophic fires. Their lives now altered forever, these courageous victims must embark on a painful and long road to recovery.

This path to recovery is led by America’s burn centers where skilled medical professionals are the heart of burn care. Led by specially trained surgeons, multi-disciplinary teams begin planning for the long-term recovery of burn survivors as soon as they are admitted for treatment. Team members focus on the patients' quickest possible return to their jobs, families and communities.

With this medical effort at its core, the burn centers and their community supporters, like you, have come together to be the nation's most comprehensive regional response to burn injury. They are the front line of care for Americans who are victims in need.

Your donation helps:

• Children burned in fires – physical and psychological assistance
• Burn Centers – allowing care for all, regardless of
financial ability
• Burn Victims – financial assistance for victims
unable to fend for themselves
• Victims of Fire – assisting those forced from their
homes
• Education – supporting community efforts to
prevent disaster through education

Sadly, it is children under 10 that
comprise 17% of all deaths from fire.