Here are three things to know:
1. Spinal muscular atrophy is a degenerative neuromuscular disease and the leading genetic cause of death in children under two years old.
2. The firefighters average $30,000 in donations during the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Research Team’s annual Fill the Boot campaign. They are on track to hit $150,000 for Fill the Boot 2018.
3. Founded in 2008, SMART has raised more than $1.2 million for research.
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