Junior Firefighter Youth Foundation

06/14/2025

Check out the feature on our founder, Captain Brent Burton, in Millenium, A Marquis Who's Who Magazine!

Visit the feature to learn more about Captain Burton and the amazing work he does!

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05/27/2025

The Junior Firefighter Youth Foundation is looking for fire service professionals and caring professional adults both retired and active from the southern California region to join our team in the Los Angeles area schools.
We are ending the 2024-25 school year this week and gearing up for the 2025-26 school year which starts in August.
We need guest speakers, guest presenters and mentors for the students in our Junior Fire Cadet programs in elementary and middle schools and for our Future Firefighter Program for high school students.
If you are interested in joining us please send me an email at [email protected]. Please include your name, occupation, city where you reside and contact number and email. Based on the interest and response, I’ll set up a zoom call/meeting to explain in detail what we will be doing.
Thanks for your attention!

04/26/2025

One of our students is being recognized by the Los Angeles Unified School District. Congratulations and well deserved!

This week we recognize Ashton Johnson, an outstanding junior at Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High School, who is pursuing his dream to become a firefighter.

07/17/2024

Picture on the right is my good friend John Thomas. John is a retired LAPD Lieutenant. Crenshaw high class of 1980! Keeper of the Black History of the trailblazers on the LAPD. My fellow historian of Black public safety in Los Angeles going as far back as 1889! We'll both be at the AA Firefighter Museum on this Sunday, July 21, 2024 from 1pm to 4pm, for the continuing of our speakers series highlighting the contributions on Black Police Offices in L.A. especially in the Central Ave corridor!

07/17/2024

Please come out and support this speakers series! This is the first time we have featured the Black History of LAPD with a schedule of speakers. We'll have 2 more after this one.

07/08/2024

Embracing the Power of Mentorship 🌟
Today, Reflect on the incredible impact of mentoring youth. 💫 As mentors, we can inspire, guide, and empower the next generation. Whether it's sharing knowledge, offering support, or simply listening, our role in shaping young minds is invaluable. 🌍✨
Become a CARES Mentor in LA and make a difference every day. 🙌 Help the youth learn to believe in themselves and become . 🚀💡

If you are interested in becoming a mentor or you know someone that is interested in becoming a mentor, please share this information with them.

Thanks so much. Brent B.

06/22/2024

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06/22/2024

The latest edition of our Junior Firefighter Youth Foundation newsletter.

06/18/2024

Please join us next Sunday, June 23, 2024 at the African American Firefighter Museum for our annual "Arnett Hartsfield Day." This is the day we remember and honor a true legend and his men. We will also pay homage to those men that integrated the Los Angeles Fire Department during the mid 1950s. Arnett's grand daughter Krystle Hartsfield, will show an amazing video tribute she created to honor her late grand father. This event is free and open to the public especially to those firefighters that have a love of history and believe in respecting the shoulders of the giants we stand on today. Please see the RSVP info on the attached flyer. The program will start at 2:00pm. Hope to see you there.

05/05/2024

Last Thursday, the students at the Dorsey High School Fire and EMS Magnet program had their annual Fire Department Inspection, conducted by Assistant Fire Chief Justin Moore. After the inspection, the students marched through the campus to the Auditorium out in front of the school, for pictures and a brief inspirational message from Chief Moore and Captains Smith and Garcia from the Department's Recruiment Section.
On Monday, May 6, 2024, please tune in to the KTLA Channel 5 morning news at 7:00am, Channel 5 will feature and highlight Dorsey High School. The Fire Magnet program will be one of the programs featured during the news segment. Next school year, we will be recruiting students to join our Fire and EMS Magnet program.

05/02/2024

Today, the students at the Dorsey High Fire& EMS Magnet program had their annual LAFD inspection. Assistant Chief Justin Moore conducted the inspection and then he addressed the students on the steps of the Auditorium. Overall, the students did well today. Captain Burton, Firefighter Taitt and our Magnet program coordinator Miss Jackson were very proud of the cadets today.

04/12/2024

Let's take a moment to highlight and congratulate the accomplishments of Ms. Naima Davis.

Ms. Davis was the Fire Chief at Dorsey High School for the class of 2022 during the second semester. Naima started with the Junior Firefighter Youth Foundation as a 5th grader at Tom Bradley Elementary School in the Junior Fire Cadet Program.

She went onto Audubon Junior High, then on to Dorsey High School. She is now a freshman at California State University at Northridge and she is a member of the Los Angeles City Fire Department's Crew 3, a volunteer wildland firefighting unit. She also participated in the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Women's Fire Prep Program. She is being congratulated by Battalion Chief Sara Rathbun, one of the original instructors and now lead of the Program.

The Foundation provided a scholarship to cover the cost of her EMT certification test. Naima is on her way to becoming a professional firefighter very soon. We can't wait! Captain Burton and the Foundation team are very proud of this determined young lady!

Congratulations, Naima!