36 U.S.C. § 151302 — Purposes

This section lists six purposes for the corporation. (1) Primarily, it exists (A) to encourage, accept, and manage private gifts of property that benefit the National Fallen Firefighters' Memorial and its annual memorial service, and (B) to work with the Federal Government and fire services — as that term is defined in section 4 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 — to plan, direct, and manage that memorial service. (2) To give fallen firefighters' families financial help for travel to, and lodging at, both non-federal and federal facilities during the annual memorial service. (3) To help federal, state, and local efforts recognize firefighters who die in the line of duty. (4) To provide scholarships and other financial help for education and job training for the spouses and children of fallen firefighters. (5) To run a national program that helps fallen firefighters' families and fire departments deal with line-of-duty deaths. (6) To promote national, state, and local efforts that raise public awareness of fire and life safety.