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(208)-336-2996 info@wffoundation.org Boise, Idaho, USA Shop Shirts Outerwear Hats Drinkware Kids Accessories About Mission Who We Are Staff Board of Directors Transparency Financials Partners Mental Health Honoring the Fallen The Fallen An online memorial of our fallen firefighters. View The Fallen Monument The Interagency Wildland Firefighter Monument for the wildland fire community’s endeavors and outcomes. View the Monument Family Fire Weekend A weekend for people to get together and honor those who have died, support the injured and uphold each other in grief and in healing. Event Details Resources/Self Help Our Programs We continually create, measure and refine our program offerings guaranteeing the wildland community receive the best care and support possible. View our Programs Reference Material Lists of organizations specializing in helping families and loved ones of fallen firefighters, downloadable reading material and presentations, and more external references important to the families and loved ones of fallen firefighters. View Reference Material Warriors of the West Watch the Warriors of the West video series, presented by our largest corporate sponsor, Coors Banquet. The series gives you an insider look at what life is like for those that do one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Watch Now 100 Fires 52 Club Fundraisers Contact 5296499_fb_facebook_facebook logo_icon 5296765_camera_instagram_instagram logo_icon 5296521_play_video_vlog_youtube_youtube logo_icon Donate Wildland Firefighter Foundation DonateShop Our Retail Between hats, shirts, hoodies, accessories, and many more, purchase some merch and show off your support of our wildland firefighters. Donate Today Donate in memory of a loved one, a friend, or someone you would like to honor. Your donation goes toward helping out our injured and fallen wildland firefighters and their families when they need it most. Join the 52 Club Continue your support year after year with an annual donation of just $52. For a dollar a week, you too can support the wildland community when things go wrong out there. We Stand With You The Wildland Firefighter Foundation’s main focus is to help the families of firefighters killed in the line of duty and to assist injured firefighters and their families. We honor and acknowledge the past, present, and future members of the wildland firefighting community, and partner with private and interagency organizations to bring recognition to wildland firefighters. The Foundation helps maintain and grow the national monument established for our fallen. We operate a financial fund that provides critical assistance to the families of fallen and injured firefighters. In addition, we partner with private and interagency organizations to educate the public about wildland fires and promote excellence and safety in firefighting. We present program information and in some instances, onsite crisis support, to government and private fire agencies and other organizations. Wildland Firefighter Foundation Inspired by the devastating fire season of 1994, founder Vicki Minor decided that after the loss of 14 courageous firefighters on the South Canyon fire in Colorado, she would start a campaign to raise money for the families of those who died. A memorial t-shirt was created, produced, and sold across the nation. At the end of this successful fundraiser, Vicki sent all the money she had raised to a foundation on the East Coast for distribution to the families. Two years later, she found out that NOT ONE of those families received any of the money that she worked so hard to raise for them. Out of frustration over the situation and not wanting this to happen to anyone else ever again, she created the Wildland Firefighter Foundation. Vicki’s main focus at that time was to be able to provide financial support to the families of those who died or were injured in the line of duty while fighting wildland fires. Her vision of helping the injured and the families of the fallen was and still is her calling. On average, 17 wildland firefighters die every year while protecting our homes, our communities, and our great outdoors. The Wildland Firefighter Foundation truly came up from the ashes of fire, dirt, and tragedy. We are primarily supported by firefighters for firefighters. There are no agency or jurisdictional boundaries. Through the darkness of death and injury, the Wildland Firefighter Foundation exists not only because of Vicki’s tenacity but also because of you, the boots on the ground. 52 Club A buck a week to help a buddy. Almost everyone can afford to donate just $1 per week for a year. That is $52 for an annual donation. Challenge your buddies, friends, family, and communities to join in. You’ll get a pin, but what you really get is knowing we’ll be there when things go bad for our firefighters. Join the 52 Club individually or have your company or organization listed as a Gold Member when at least 75% of all its employees enroll. Your 52 Club Membership helps the following programs: Tragedy Assistance – Line of Duty Death (LODD) Tragedy Assistance – Line of Duty Injury (LODI) Tragedy Assistance – Extended Care of LODI’s Tragedy Assistance – Extended Care of LODD’s Hardship for Wildland Firefighters Family Fire Weekend for Families of Fallen Santa’s Helper for the Children of Fallen and Injured Counseling Services for Trauma Workers Comp Assistance Right now the need is greater than ever. Join the 52 Club More Information Paying It Forward We’d like to acknowledge Ken Perry for his heroic efforts for his fallen brother. Ken did what any other wildland firefighter would do for this community. Stories like this are why we are so proud to serve the wildland firefighter. We hope Ken’s story will inspire all of you to pay it forward. Smokejumpers and SPAM go hand in hand. None of this would have happened without the generosity of Hormel Foods. A big thank you to all who were involved! We Love Our Family! If you are coming through Boise please let us know in advance so we can make arrangements to meet you and show you around. Our NEW address is below. We’re so excited to show you around! Wildland Firefighter Foundation 2393 W Airport Way, Boise ID, 83705 Tax ID #93-1266991 Join Our Mailing List You will be first to receive updates, announcements, and newsletters. 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