Did you know?
Scalds or contact burns are the #1 burn injury to children under the age of 4. One of the leading causes of home fires is unattended cooking. There are more homes with non-working smoke alarms than no alarm at all.
Educating the community on burn and scald prevention through our proactive outreach is vital to keeping families safe.
Smoke Alarm Installation
Prevention
Our Smoke alarm installation program began in 2006 to assist in preventing home fire deaths or burn injuries to children and adults. We support and coordinate several events each year where volunteers and fire fighters install free dual sensor smoke alarms in high risk households throughout communities in Arizona. This program exists to be sure that anyone living in older… Read more →
Community Education
Prevention
One key component of our mission is to reduce death and injury from burns and fire through prevention education. The Arizona Burn Foundation does this through a variety of outreach programs, including Health and Safety fairs. For most fairs our focus is to educate the children with a very interactive activity. The children learn something about preventing burn injury and win… Read more →
Mrs. Hotpots
Prevention
MEET MRS. HOTPOTS That’s our Burn Prevention Coordinator, Gina Stenner. As Mrs. HotPots, Gina introduces burn and scald prevention education to 3 and 4-year olds at Valley preschools. Because children under the age of 5 are one of the most vulnerable groups for burn and scald injuries, Mrs. HotPots’ story-time program addresses burn safe behaviors for both the preschoolers and their parents.… Read more →