For Fire Departments & First Responders

Fire Department Fundraising and Boot Drives

Give each volunteer a QR code for boot drives and community events. Track donations by participant, group, and campaign. Standard fundraising has a flat 2.5% platform fee.

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Sound familiar?

Nobody carries cash anymore. Drivers want to give at the intersection but their wallet is empty. You wave them through with nothing.

Boot drives collect less every year. The effort is the same - firefighters standing in the heat - but the returns keep dropping.

Equipment costs keep rising. One set of turnout gear is $3,000+. SCBA units are $6,000. Municipal budgets don't keep up.

Tracking volunteer fundraising is a pain. Who collected what? Where did the cash go? Paper trails and cash jars don't cut it.

Enterprise donor platforms can include features or contracts a small department does not need. Compare current published pricing or request a quote for your planned use.

ScanRaise fixes all of it

QR codes on signs at intersections. Drivers scan from the car window. Works even in traffic.

QR cards for door-to-door. Volunteers hand them out, donors give on their own time.

Every dollar tracked to the volunteer or event that brought it in. No more cash counting.

Sell tickets to the pancake breakfast, run a raffle for donated prizes, sell department merch - all in one place.

Just 2.5% per donation. No monthly fees, no setup costs. Way less than losing bills in the boot.

Where ScanRaise fits

	ScanRaise	Typical fundraising platforms
Platform fee	2.5% flat	Varies by provider and pricing model
Printable per-person QR cards	Yes	Rarely included
Per-person tracking	Yes	Varies
Events, merch, auctions, raffles	All included	Usually separate tools
App required	No	Some require an app

Based on public information. Feature sets on other platforms change, please verify on their own sites.

The full toolkit for your department

QR code signs and cards

Print QR codes on intersection signs, door hangers, and volunteer cards. Donors scan and give from anywhere.

Volunteer leaderboard

Track donations per volunteer, per station, per event. See who's driving results in real time.

Event ticketing

Sell tickets to the pancake breakfast, open house, or charity dinner. Check-in at the door.

Raffles

Publish in-person raffle details for donated prizes. The organizer handles ticket sales and runs the winner drawing.

Department merch

Sell department t-shirts, challenge coins, and decals online. Revenue goes straight to the fund.

Donor CRM

Every donor across every drive and event. Tags, notes, CSV export for your board.

Email campaigns

Send fundraising appeals, event invites, and thank-yous to your supporter list.

Stair climb challenge

GPS-tracked fitness challenges for firefighter fundraisers. Step counting and verified activity data.

What departments use ScanRaise for

Digital boot drives

Add a QR code to boot-drive signs so supporters who do not carry cash have another way to donate. Place signs where people can scan safely without blocking traffic.

Equipment funds

Turnout gear, SCBA, rescue tools, vehicle maintenance. Run a dedicated campaign with a clear goal and a thermometer.

Pancake breakfast

Sell tickets, collect donations at the table with QR codes, run a raffle for donated prizes. One platform for the whole event.

Open house

QR codes at every station. Visitors scan and donate while touring the trucks and equipment. Great for families.

Training and certifications

EMT, Firefighter I/II, hazmat, and specialty training costs. Raise money from the community that benefits.

Department merch sales

Sell t-shirts, challenge coins, and decals year-round. Revenue supplements the operating budget.

Station improvements

Kitchen upgrade, bay door replacement, new furniture. QR codes on a sign at the station collect ongoing donations.

Firefighter fitness challenge

The department runs a step challenge. Participants use the step counter in their phone browser as the primary path. Participants can optionally connect Fitbit, select a day, review that day's daily summary of steps, distance, and active minutes, and choose whether to import it. The community pledges per step or makes flat gifts during the month.

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