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The Great Basin Type I Incident Management Team would like to thank the community of Boulder for their very generous donations to the firefighters who are working on the Fourmile Canyon Fire. The management team and firefighters cannot adequately express the level of gratitude they feel for all the items that have been brought to fire camp.
Unfortunately, these donations are overwhelming the capacity of the fire camp to manage, store and consume them. The firefighters are fed daily by a contract caterer who provides the firefighters with all the food they require, including the calories and nutritional requirements they need to keep up the hard work that they do. This contract pays the caterer for each firefighter in camp regardless of whether they eat or not. From this point on, please do not bring food or other donated items to the fire camp. You can continue to show support for firefighters by the placement of thank you signs on fences and in your yards. These are messages are seen by all firefighters and are greatly appreciated.
Donations to assist the evacuees or firefighters who have lost their homes can be taken to the address below. If you want your donation to go to the firefighters clearly label it “Firefighters”. If it is not specifically labeled, it will be distributed to any people who are in need.
Send donations to: 3111 28th Street in Boulder
Item that have already been brought to the fire camp are being sent to a distribution center in Boulder to be either distributed to the evacuees from the fire or stored in a warehouse for future use by local firefighters.
Monetary donations to local fire fighters affected by the fire are also being accepted at all First Bank locations under the Fourmile Canyon Benefit Fund. Contributions can be either mailed in or dropped off. Texting the word FIRE to 27722 will give $10.00 to the benefit fund
For those people who would like to donate to a cause that would benefit wildland firefighters and their families on a national level contact:
Wildland Firefighters Foundation
2049 Airport Way
Boise, ID 83705
208-336-2996
info@wffoundation.org
Once again, we cannot express how much we appreciate the heartfelt thanks of your donations of food and other items (especially the cookies and the notes from the kids!).
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