Team BRIGHT - Firefighters Burn Institute

Why Peer Support is Important

Team BRIGHT is a community reintegration program for burn survivors built on friendship, support, and goal-attainment, organized in collaboration between the Firefighters Burn Institute and Shriners Children’s–Northern California with help from local firefighter volunteers.

Team BRIGHT’s first outing in 2020 to an ice-skating rink had one participant feeling transported:

“It was like a movie.”

Team BRIGHT is designed to encourage community engagement after a burn injury. Firefighter volunteers and patients from Shriners Children’s – Northern CA meet up on monthly coordinated recreational outings during which the firefighters can support goal attainment, help boost survivor skills, and make recovery fun. Young burn survivors in the local community are also invited to outings. 

Burn survivors will have opportunities to experience the greater Sacramento area and test their new potential with peers with the knowledge that a firefighter has their back.

Need more information?

For questions, more information, or to make a donation please contact Valorie Smart at (916) 739-8525 or Valorie@ffburn.org.