Basic Organization Information
Flagstaff International Relief Effort F I R E
- Physical Address:
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Flagstaff, AZ
86002
- EIN:
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71-0877496
- Web URL:
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www.fireprojects.org
- NTEE Category:
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P Human Services
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P80 Services to Promote the Independence of Specific Populations
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W Public, Society Benefit
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W24 Citizen Participation
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S Community Improvement, Capacity Building
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S02 Management & Technical Assistance
- Year Founded:
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1997
- Ruling Year:
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2002
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Mission Statement
FIRE MISSION
Flagstaff International Relief Effort (FIRE) provides resources and support to populations at risk in developing countries impacted by poverty, political instability, and natural disasters. FIRE places aid directly into the hands of people who need it most.
FIRE VISION
FIRE is committed to providing resources and support to individuals who have the greatest need. Our programs emphasize sustainable development to help individuals and the communities in which they live. Below is a brief description of our current and future programs. Please contact us or visit our website at www.fireprojects.org for additional information.
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Impact Statement
*CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION
Fall 2009 will be our last clothing distribution trip. We will ship one 40-foot container filled with 12 tons of winter clothing and hand knitted items. A team of FIRE volunteers will pay their own expenses to travel to Mongolia and distribute warm clothes to more than 1,000 families. We will use local Mongolian social workers to guide us directly to the doorsteps of the neediest families that have relocated from the countryside to the “ger districts” on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar.
*ORTHOPEDIC TRAINING PROGRAM
FIRE will provide advanced orthopedic trauma training, and resource development for the only orthopedic hospital in Mongolia. Additionally, FIRE will develop a sustainable model of training for Non-Operative Orthopedic Trauma Treatment (NOOTT), with an accompanying manual in Mongolian, to improve orthopedic trauma treatment in rural areas and first responder clinics. This will ensure the injured receive the treatment they need in the time they need it, thereby allowing a full and productive life.
This program will allow FIRE to establish a permanent office in Ulaanbaatar and hire a full-time Medical Director in Mongolia. This will provide additional stability and sustainability for the future of FIRE. Our long-term goal is to develop trauma units in rural hospitals capable of treating complex orthopedic trauma injuries, and bring Mongolian orthopedic specialists and other medical professionals to the United States for further training.
FIRE’s ability to work with the Mongolian medical system in a culturally sensitive manner provides a unique opportunity for an exchange of cross-cultural knowledge and mutual respect between Western and Mongolian medical professionals.
*THE DULAAN PROJECT
Dulaan is the Mongolian word for warm. This project seeks to inspire the spirit of the knitting community to help meet the needs of Mongolia’s impoverished. Handmade items are shipped to Flagstaff, AZ, from around the world and hand delivered person to person in Mongolia. Since its inception in 2005, the Dulaan Project has collected over 40,000 items. After 2009 Dulaan items will be distributed through the medical supply distributions and the English Learning Distribution Program.
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Chief Executive
Meredith Potts
Term:
Since
Jan
2004
Chief Executive Profile:
Meredith has been at the helm of FIRE since 2004. Cumulatively, she has spent more than 12 months in Mongolia orchestrating five aid distribution trips, researching ongoing and future FIRE projects, and building long-term, sustainable relationships with Mongolian officials, medical professionals, teachers and many more. Potts, who is also a yoga instructor, photographer, and filmmaker, directed and produced One Steppe at a Time: F.I.R.E. in Mongolia, a documentary about FIRE’s 2005 clothing and medical aid distribution trip. In addition to FIRE operations, she has spent over 8 months in India helping the homeless and studying yoga. Her passion for helping others began at age seven after her first encounter with homeless people while visiting San Francisco.
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Program:
Orthopedic Training Program
- Budget:
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$70,000
- Category:
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Human Services
- Population Served:
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Adults
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Children and Youth (infants - 19 years.)
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Aging/Elderly/Senior Citizens
Program Description:
After a successful
project in 2008, we are expanding our Orthopedic Training Program in Mongolia.
This program will greatly increase our outreach to urban and rural populations.
Mongolia has only one orthopedic trauma hospital to serve nearly 3 million people
spread across a country the size of Alaska. The high incidence of trauma injury
in Mongolia, coupled with the lack of medical professionals proficient in
trauma treatment, creates a situation of unnecessary disability and poverty
among the population.
Together we can
change this. By improving the quality of first contact and advanced orthopedic
trauma treatment in Mongolia, we can prevent an unnecessary drain on this
rapidly developing society. With proper treatment many orthopedic trauma
injuries can heal completely, allowing the injured to return to a normal and
productive life. This program will ultimately reduce disability and associated
poverty in Mongolia due to traumatic orthopedic injuries.
This program consists
of the following three components:
1) Advanced orthopedic treatment training and resource
development at The National Traumatology and Orthopedic Research Center of
Mongolia - NTORCM (Trauma Hospital)
in Ulaan Baatar, the capital city of Mongolia. Training will be conducted for
advanced orthopedic surgical techniques, pre-and post-operative nursing care,
and physical therapy.
2) Development and dissemination of a Non-Operative
Orthopedic Trauma Treatment (NOOTT) training model composed of lectures,
hands-on training and an accompanying manual to improve early treatment
techniques in first contact settings and rural areas.
3) Establishment of a FIRE office and Medical Director
in Ulaan Bataar. This office will provide a sustainable future for FIRE
efforts.
FIRE’s cumulative experience in Mongolia over the last
decade has provided a solid foundation for the development and expansion of the
Orthopedic Training Program. We have the personnel and experience necessary to
bridge the cultural gap between East and West and facilitate the training of
Mongolian medical professionals. Furthermore, during past FIRE medical missions
we have identified key material and educational resource needs in Mongolia’s
developing health care system. Many of these needs, such as the challenges of
orthopedic trauma treatment in Mongolia, are surmountable. These steps will
improve accessibility and quality of orthopedic trauma treatment in urban and
rural settings throughout Mongolia, thereby helping the orthopedically injured
to receive adequate care.
Program Long-Term Success:
Over the last decade FIRE medical volunteers have conducted trainings with more than 400 Mongolian medical professionals around the country, and delivered more than $630,000 worth of medical supplies to thirty-six clinics and hospitals countrywide. We have worked in 12 of Mongolia’s 21 provinces conducting medical training, distributing medical supplies, and compiling Medical Needs Assessments on each trip. We have identified important needs in the developing Mongolian health care system.
Program Short-Term Success:
After a decade of work, FIRE continues to evolve to meet challenges in a rapidly changing world. Since 2005, FIRE’s medical program has been steadily growing, focusing on empowering and self-sustaining projects to serve Mongolia’s changing needs.
Program Success Monitored by:
Meredith Potts, the Executive Director, the volunteer team, FIRE Board of Directors, and the Medical Director in Mongolia.
Program Success Examples:
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