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Preventing
Gasoline-Related Injuries
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Burn
care professionals and fire service public educators from throughout the
United States and Canada put together this program, as members of the
American Burn Association Burn Prevention Committee. Their mutual interest in
developing and distributing these messages about gasoline safety has been
supported by a grant from the U.S. Fire Administration.
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Firefighters and the emergency service
professionals that work with them in the field have a special interest in
burn injury. In many regions, firefighters and others have created
separate nonprofit organizations, to support burn centers and burn survivors
and educate the public about fire and
burn prevention.
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(For a local tie-in, the presenter can
acknowledge the activities and service area of the regional burn center(s),
the local fire department, and the separate regional burn support
organization if there is one.)
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(Bridge) Before talking about gasoline,
I’d like to give you some general ideas on the scope of the fire and burn
injury problem.
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