Mission Statement

Welcome to the Burn Prevention Foundation web site. The mission of the Burn Prevention Foundation is to provide burn injury prevention education to and advocacy for those at greatest risk. Our primary service area is in Eastern Pennsylvania although many of our programs and products are utilized worldwide.

Pursuant to that mission we offer a wide variety of programs, materials and consultative resources to individuals, agencies and organizations throughout North America. If you have any questions or comments to share about this website, or the Burn Prevention Foundation, please contact us at burnprev@fast.net.

Seasonal Safety Tip

We encourage everyone to enjoy this holiday by attending professional firework displays produced by your local township, municipality or local amusement park. Fireworks in many states are legal, leaving people to believe that if they are legal, then they must be safe. This is a misleading falicy. Did you know that sparklers reach an internal temperature of 1800 degrees? Most firewok burn injuries occur to children under the age of 5 handling sparklers.

Be safe.....keep fireworks in the hands of professionals qualifed to handle them and keep our children out of harm's way of backyard displays. Please keep in mind that fireworks sold for individual use may be unstable, unpredictable and unreliable and are the resultof many unfortunate burn injuries.

Have a happy and burn safe holiday! For more summer safety visit " DontLetSummerBurnYou".

Safety Lines

The majority of fires occur in the home and at night. Is your family prepared? The smell of smoke won't always awaken you and the toxic gases produced by fire can put you into a deeper sleep. A properly functioning smoke detectors can increase your chance of survival by 50. You and your family can survive a fire if you know how to react quickly and correctly. Please read our summer SafetyLines. PlanYourEscape

Spirit of Courage Awards

Thank you to all those who submiited nominations for our Third Annual Spirit of Courage Celebration. Awards will be presented to honor both individuals who have risked their lives to save others from burn injury or death by fire, and individuals, groups or organizations that have done an outstanding job promoting fire safety and burn education to the community.

Third Annual Spirit of Courage Award Celebration September 16, 2008

Invitation to Event Become a 2008 Sponsor

Thank you to all our 2007 sponsors and patrons.

Largest Concours d’Elegance Ever!

On June 1st Northampton Community College will host nearly 400 vehicles exhibiting at the 19th Burn Prevention Foundation Concours d’Elegance. That is over twice as many as any of our previous event! This year, joining the nearly 150 Concours Show Field Cars will we an adjoining Car Club Field of nearly 250 vehicles. Add to this a special exhibit of up to 15 historic and antique fire engines and ladder trucks. There will activities for the entire family, a antique biplane fly-over, Miss Pennsylvania and did I mention spectacular cars! If you have not already done so, please make your reservations now for the Concours Dinner Party on Saturday, May 31st. We will induct our first members into the Concours Honor Roll – Ray Neag and Curtiss “Hank” Barnette. Also, we will award Judge Joseph Cassini the prestigious Lee Iacocco Award of Excellence. Hope to see you there!