Pine Tree Burn Foundation

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Pine Tree Burn Foundation is now accepting grant applications. Grants are limited to $500 per applicant and must comply with grant requirements. Click on "Grants" in the menu bar above.

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A nonprofit group of fire and rescue service professionals, attorneys, educators, administrators, and others having interest in the problem of unintentional injury and dedicated to addressing this issue by providing information through conferences, workshops and the legislative process.

How would you like to bring to your state a big piece $329,000 dollars. Well it is available and its up to you? This is how, NFPA Scholarships are out and here is a breakdown;

Remembering When Fire and Fall Program Scholarship - looking for 80 participants in this three day training workshop worth $4,000 per participants that is a value of $320,000. This is for a team of two a fire service personal and a home visiting agency to partner up to bring the Remembering When Program to their community. You may have multiple applicants from your states, several of the New England States have already brought several teams from their state on a yearly basis. This is really a win win for those cities and towns who apply, deadline August 2010 please see attached appliation for details.

Educator of the year Scholarship - This is a $4,000 dollar value includes registration and lodging to the next Annual Conference in Boston, plus $1,000 dollar honarirum for the winner and another $1,000 for their Fire Department. Deadline February 2011, please see attached application.

Rolf H. Jenson Memorial Public Eduation Grant - $5,000 dollars for a comunity wide fire safety education program/campaign to be implemented into their perspective community. Deadline February 2011, please see attached application.

How much do you think you can bring to your state?
The challenge is on!!!

22nd ANNUAL FIRE & LIFE SAFETY
EDUCATION CONFERENCE

OCTOBER 15th & 16th 2010

RAMADA INN AND

CONFERENCE CENTER

(FORMERLY HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS)

SACO, MAINE

The 2010 NFPA World Safety Conference and Exposition Scholarship for Vegas.

NFPA is awarding up to 30 scholarships for fire and life safety educators. This is will help the Fire Department’s in Maine send those Public Fire & Life Safety Educators whom may be struggling to attend any public fire and life safety education trainings.

Winners will get free conference registration, three nights lodging, and some of the meals will be covered. What is not covered is airfare, airport transfers, some meals and miscellaneous expenses.

The travel dates for the winners will be on 6^th June 2010 to arrive for an evening reception that will take place after our annual meeting with the Public Educators Network. This is a perfect opportunity for you to introduce the winners from your state to the members of Public Educators Network. This conference provides many opportunities to network, contribute your expertise and represent your states Public Education Initiatives as well as participate in the public education session’s provided.

For more information about the Pine Tree Burn Foundation please contact any member of our Board of Trustees.

Jerry DiMillo, President

FOUNDED BY DR. RICHARD BRITTON
MAINE MEDICAL CENTER
PORTLAND, MAINE

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