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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
Jan 6, 2022 to Dec 26, 2022
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
94
Count of Hometown Heroes:
16
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Firefighter classifications

50%
47 Volunteer
41.5%
39 Career
6.4%
6 Wildland Contract
1.1%
1 Wildland Full-Time
1.1%
1 Paid-on-Call
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 5
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 7

Type of duty

36.2%
34 On-Scene Fire
20.2%
19 Other On-Duty
19.1%
18 On-Scene Non-Fire
9.6%
9 Training
8.5%
8 Responding
6.4%
6 Returning
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 70.2%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 1

Type of incident

28.7%
27 Not Incident-Related
22.3%
21 Structure Fire
19.1%
18 Wildland
11.7%
11 Emergency Medical Services
9.6%
9 Motor Vehicle Accident
2.1%
2 Unknown
2.1%
2 Technical Rescue
1.1%
1 Outside Fire
1.1%
1 Other
1.1%
1 Weather/Disaster Response
1.1%
1 False Alarm

Cause of fatal injury

39.4%
37 Stress/Overexertion
18.1%
17 Vehicle Collision - Includes Aircraft
10.6%
10 Struck By
8.5%
8 Caught or Trapped
7.4%
7 Unknown
6.4%
6 Collapse
6.4%
6 Exposure
2.1%
2 Fall
1.1%
1 Other

Nature of fatal injury

35.1%
33 Heart Attack
28.7%
27 Trauma
8.5%
8 Crushed
7.4%
7 Unknown
6.4%
6 Covid-19
4.3%
4 Cerebrovascular Accident
3.2%
3 Asphyxiation
3.2%
3 Burns
2.1%
2 Drowning
1.1%
1 Violence

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

2.1%
2 (Under 21)
6.4%
6 (21 to 25)
5.3%
5 (26 to 30)
21.3%
20 (31 to 40)
19.1%
18 (41 to 50)
27.7%
26 (51 to 60)
18.1%
17 (61 and Over)
0%
0 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 35.1%

Type of activity

23.4%
22 Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
18.1%
17 In-Station Duties
10.6%
10 EMS/Patient Care
10.6%
10 Other
9.6%
9 Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
5.3%
5 Riding Vehicle/Apparatus
5.3%
5 Unknown
3.2%
3 Search and Rescue
3.2%
3 Fitness Activity
2.1%
2 Driving/Riding Personal Vehicle
2.1%
2 Pump Operations
1.1%
1 Forcible Entry
1.1%
1 Ventilation
1.1%
1 Responding
1.1%
1 Scene Safety
1.1%
1 Incident Command
1.1%
1 Not On Scene

Time of fatal injury

3.2%
3 01:00-02:59
4.3%
4 03:00-04:59
6.4%
6 05:00-06:59
10.6%
10 07:00-08:59
4.3%
4 09:00-10:59
10.6%
10 11:00-12:59
11.7%
11 13:00-14:59
11.7%
11 15:00-16:59
9.6%
9 17:00-18:59
12.8%
12 19:00-20:59
5.3%
5 21:00-22:59
5.3%
5 23:00-00:59
4.3%
4 Unknown

Month of the year

12.8%
12 January
10.6%
10 February
9.6%
9 March
9.6%
9 May
9.6%
9 December
8.5%
8 April
8.5%
8 June
8.5%
8 July
8.5%
8 October
6.4%
6 August
4.3%
4 November
3.2%
3 September

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

4.3%
4 Alabama
1.1%
1 Alaska
2.1%
2 Arizona
1.1%
1 Arkansas
6.4%
6 California
3.2%
3 Colorado
2.1%
2 Connecticut
1.1%
1 Delaware
3.2%
3 Florida
3.2%
3 Idaho
1.1%
1 Indiana
1.1%
1 Iowa
1.1%
1 Kansas
1.1%
1 Kentucky
1.1%
1 Louisiana
5.3%
5 Maryland
1.1%
1 Michigan
2.1%
2 Minnesota
1.1%
1 Mississippi
3.2%
3 Missouri
2.1%
2 Nebraska
5.3%
5 New Jersey
2.1%
2 New Mexico
6.4%
6 New York
4.3%
4 North Carolina
4.3%
4 Ohio
2.1%
2 Oklahoma
2.1%
2 Oregon
7.4%
7 Pennsylvania
1.1%
1 South Carolina
4.3%
4 Tennessee
6.4%
6 Texas
1.1%
1 Virginia
1.1%
1 West Virginia
3.2%
3 Wisconsin
1.1%
1 Wyoming