danielle dawn smalley foundation

The Smalley Foundation is committed to increasing safety and awareness for those who live, work and play near oil-and-gas equipment and pipelines. We do this by empowering the general public, training first responders and partnering with the industry. We partner, we train, we empower to protect lives .... What began as one mans dream to honor his daughter has grown into the only non-profit of its kind that teaches safety and awareness for those who live, work and play near the nations oil-and-gas sites and pipelines. Uniquely positioned to be a neutral, unbiased voice, the Foundation empowers people to make safe decisions around oil-and-gas equipment and pipelines. On Aug. 24, 1996, a liquid butane pipeline explosion took the lives of Danielle Dawn Smalley and her friend, Jason Stone. The Kaufman County tragedy inspired Danielles father, Danny, to start the Danielle Dawn Smalley Foundation in her honor. In 2002, the grassroots Foundation dedicated itself to education and training rural volunteer firefighters in pipeline emergency protocol. The Foundation has since expanded its outreach to more than 40 states to provide safety-and-awareness education to first responders, school systems and the general public.