FAQs
The Firefighters Burn Institute office is located at 3101 Stockton Blvd., in Sacramento, California.
- When was the FFBI founded and why? The FFBI was founded in 1973, about one year after the tragic jet plane crash into the Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor in South Sacramento that took the lives of 22 people. There was no burn care in Sacramento at the time and Captain Cliff Haskell of the Sacramento Fire Department asked Sacramento Area Fire Fighters, Local 522 to assist him and together the FFBI was founded with a goal of establishing a burn unit in Sacramento. About one year later Sacramento’s first burn unit was established at U.C. Davis Medical Center.
- Is the FFBI a nonprofit? Yes, the FFBI is a well-established nonprofit 501(C)3 association. Please view our Accreditation Report on the Better Business Bureau.
- How much of my donation goes toward overhead costs? FFBI has a yearly audit performed to ensure that each dollar raised will be used for its intended purpose. To calculate FFBI’s overhead costs, use our expenditure chart and add General Administrative and Development together. To view our expenditure chart please click link: Expenditure Chart 2010
- Does FFBI only assist Firefighters? Although firefighters are a major part of the Firefighters Burn Institute, FFBI provides burn survivor program support and prevention/education services to the entire community.
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