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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 summertime burn injuries 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) So
now we’ll talk about summer fire and burn injury dangers, and describe the
best responses to them. (We should
probably call them “warm weather activities” because in many areas
of the country these dangers are present virtually year
round.) First, what’s the overall
scope of the fire and burn injury problem?
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