Denis Leary and his Rescue Me co-producer Jim Serpico are trying to raise funds for Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez‘s documentary Burn.  According to Deadline, the film centers on Detroit firefighters who struggle “with the task of saving a city many have written off.”  Leary and Serpico are trying to finish financing the movie through the crowd-funding website Kickstarter and “are offering products and experiences to entice Kickstarter donors, including a Boardwalk Empire set visit and an autographed helmet signed by the Rescue Me cast.”  The filmmakers hope to release the film into the 2012 festival season to help raise public awareness about the work and sacrifice of firefighters in these times of sever budget cuts to basic services a developed country expects.

GM and Apple have provided grants to the production and “a portion of the film’s proceeds will go The Leary Firefighters Foundation to purchase equipment for the Detroit Fire Department.”  Click here to go fund the website.  Firefighters do one of the most dangerous and essential jobs and they deserve our support.