Tomorrow is a day off for many folks. Not for over 150 firefighters raising money for the Firefighters Burn Institute to aid victims injured in fires. The Firefighters have held this unique fundraiser each February for the past 17 years. The Firefighters Burn Institute (FFBI) was founded in 1973 by Sacramento Area Fire Fighters, Local 522 and has grown into the area’s largest firefighter-run charity. You'll find them collecting donations from passing motorists at the intersection of Sunrise Blvd and Greenback Lane from 9am- 4pm tomorrow. Near Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights. They've been there since Friday. Take a little road trip on your day off. Since the mall is right there you ca

It’s not often that bruises and beat-downs have anything positive associated with them. But that’s exactly what will take place Aug. 28 at the seventh annual “Battle of the Badges” charity boxing fundraiser. Police officers, correctional officers, and firefighters from throughout Northern California will step into the ring at Memorial Auditorium to duke it out all in the name of a good cause. The event was founded in 2003 by correctional officers Israel Montes Jr. and Yvonne Vasquez of California State Prison-Sacramento before a third officer, Pablo Vasquez, joined the team. Vasquez passed away in 2007. The annual tradition began as a small-scale event held at the Boys & Girls Club in

Sunday, around 51 young burn survivors will trade in doctors, hospital visits, and burn treatments for a week of fun in the mountains. Campers will swim, boat, hike, fish, rock-climb, and raft during the day. During the evenings, they will participate in campfire skits and songs, dancing, and a be able to catch a wild animal show. Aug. 8 kicks offs opening day of the Firefighters Burn Institute’s (FFBI) Firefighter Kids Camp at Camp Concord in South Lake Tahoe. Established in the early 1990s, this year marks the camp’s 17th year. Newly appointed FFBI Executive Director, Jim Doucette, said the best thing about the camp is that it “allows children to be amongst their peers. Burn injuries

 All his life, Sacramento Fire Department Capt. Jim Doucette wanted to be a police officer. Until he got a job as a firefighter. Doucette said he was initially afraid of being a firefighter, knowing he would see more traumatic injuries than a police officer, but once he got involved with the fire department, he fell in love with the job. After more than 30 years in the fire service, Doucette announced his retirement last week. The official date is Aug. 24, after which he will take a vacation to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and spend some time in Boise, Ida., to visit family. “It has been a very long career, and one that I will surely miss,” Doucette wrote in a post on The Sacramento Press.