Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation

Atlanta Fire Fighters and The Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation

The Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation is in place to provide funding and programs to prevent burn injuries and improve the lives and treatment of burn patients. Our members have been involved with the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation for over 20 years. Many members are camp counselors for Camp Oo-U-La ® which is supported by our annual boot drive. This camp provides a weeklong all expense paid retreat for over 100 of Georgia’s burned children each year. Atlanta Fire Fighters typically raise $30,000 each year to support the foundation and the camp through the “Fill the Boot” campaign.

In addition our members help with additional fundraisers for the foundation that include producing the “Hotlanta” Firefighters calendar and staffing the Georgia Tech Boot Drive and the collection of aluminum cans that are sold to a recycler with all proceeds going to the foundation.

How You Can Help

• Drop off your aluminum cans at any Atlanta Fire Station. To locate a station near you (click here).

• Drop a donation in the boot during the “Fill the Boot” campaign.

Corporate Help

• Organize an office collection during the fill the boot campaign and we will send a fire truck to your office with our boots to collect your donations.

MeadWestvaco “Root for the Boot”

The MeadWestvaco (click here) company located on West Marietta Street is a partner with Atlanta Fire Station 8. They sell Rootbeer Floats to their employees during the “Fill the Boot” campaign and our members make a visit at the end of the week and their employees fill up several of our members boots with the money they have raised.

If your company would like to participate in a similar program please contact us.(click here)

For more information on the Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation please visit them at www.gfbf.org.