Captain Burton provides mentoring services in various areas:
Fire Department Recruitment / Career Planning (all ages)
Youth Development (ages 11-18)
Young Adult Development (ages 19-35)
Young Fathers (all ages)
Mentoring is Brent’s passion. He is the founder of the Junior Firefighter Youth Foundation, a program that works with youngsters in elementary and high schools in the Los Angeles County Region. Burton also serves as the Chair of the Mentoring Committee for the 100 Black Men of Los Angeles, and he is the current Board chair of the Los Angeles CARES Mentoring Movement.
Captain Burton helps the youth and young adults he mentors gain self-confidence and direction, and resist negative peer pressure. By having Brent as a mentor, they benefit by having someone to lend an ear and lead by example.
