National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Aug 22, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$9,918,631

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Lodd prevention program - to help reduce the number of firefighters who die in the line-of-duty. Delivered fourteen sessions of taking care of our own (tcooo) which was attended by 352 senior fire service officers and chaplains. The local assistance state teams (last) provided assistance with 56 firefighter fatalities. Last training was conducted in kansas, nebraska, south carolina, new hampshire, montana, oklahoma, georgia, ohio, virginia, new jersey, wyoming, iowa, minnesota, new york, maryland, arizona, and orgeon. The last trainings were attended by 525 senior fire officers. The foundation has partnered with the usfa and honeywell in an effort to create a vulnerability assessment tool for fire departments to evaluate their risk for having a firefighter line-of-duty death or significant injury. The foundation has been developing a searchable database containing listings of fire research, articles, and reports tied to the 16 firefighter life safety initiatives. The roll out of the revamped seatbelt pledge took place in february 2011, at the firehouse west conference in california. In the past year, there have been 240 new departments participating in the seatbelt pledge program.

Activity 3

National tribute - national tribute to all firefighters who died in the line of duty during the previous year. Each october, the foundation sponsors the official national tribute to all firefighters who died in the line of duty during the previous year. Honored 72 firefighters who died in 2010 and 17 from previous years. Amoung those from previous years were military firefighters who died performing firefighting duties. Provided lodging, meals, and travel assistance to families. Hosted survivors who attended the memorial weekend. Offered group sessions for survivors. Involved honor guard units and family escorts. Survivors from previous years returned to manage family registration and family day activities. More than 6,000 attended the national memorial services. Broadcasted the candlelight and memorial services live and streamed over the internet.

Filer

EIN

52-1832634