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—MEDIA ADVISORY—
FIREFIGHTERS BURN INSTITUTE DONATES $1 MILLION TO UC DAVIS REGIONAL BURN CENTER

WHAT: Fire fighters who raised $1 million throughout Sacramento and Northern California through the "Fill the Boot for Burns" campaign and other efforts in 2004 will announce their donation to the UC Davis Regional Burn Center. The donation, made by the Firefighters Burn Institute, supports UC Davis' new burn center, now under construction as part of the Surgery and Emergency Services Pavilion at Stockton and X Streets.
   
WHO: Speakers include:

Brian Rice, who will thank Sacramento and Northern California residents for contributing so generously to support burn education, patient care and research, and highlight where funding sources, including the boot campaign and fire department payroll deductions. Rice is a Sacramento Metro Fire Department captain, president of the FFBI Board of Directors, and president of Sacramento Area Fire Fighters Local 522.

David Greenhalgh, who will discuss current burn research at UC Davis and detail the unique features of the new burn center. He is professor and chief of burn surgery at UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center, and chief of staff at Shriners Hospital for Children Burn Center.

Duane Wright, who will talk about the physical and emotional road to recovery, and what it takes to turn a burn victim into a burn survivor. He is a burn counselor with the Firefighters Burn Institute and is a former California Department of Forestry fire fighter who was severely burned on the job.
   
WHEN:

Thursday, June 30, 2005 at 10:30 a.m.
   
WHERE: Meet in the Main Lobby at UC Davis Medical Center, 2315 Stockton Blvd., to be escorted to the press area.
   
VISUALS:
  • Tour of existing UC Davis Regional Burn Center

  • Architect's rendition of new burn center
  • Interviews with firefighters, a burn survivor and burn specialists
  • Photos of Fill-the-Boot for Burns activities
HISTORY:

UC Davis Medical Center and community firefighters first partnered in 1972 to establish the UC Davis Regional Burn Center after a devastating plane crash at a Sacramento ice cream parlor killed 22 people and severely burned dozens more.

Recognizing the need for critical burn care in the region, Sacramento fire captain Cliff Haskell created the Firefighters Burn Institute, which raises money for burn education, prevention, new equipment, patient care and research. More than 30 years later, Northern California fire fighters are invigorating their partnership with UC Davis with a $1 million gift to help build a new Regional Burn Center that will serve the critical burn care needs of the growing Sacramento region.

The new center will be double the size of the existing intensive care burn unit, providing a state-of-the-art, efficient patient care environment.