Firefighter classifications
50%
48 Volunteer
41.7%
40 Career
6.2%
6 Wildland Contract
1%
1 Wildland Full-Time
1%
1 Paid-on-Call
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 5
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 7
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 7
Type of duty
35.4%
34 On-Scene Fire
25%
24 Other On-Duty
20.8%
20 On-Scene Non-Fire
8.3%
8 Responding
7.3%
7 Training
3.1%
3 Returning
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 70.8%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 1
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 1
Type of incident
26%
25 Not Incident-Related
21.9%
21 Structure Fire
18.8%
18 Wildland
12.5%
12 Emergency Medical Services
8.3%
8 Motor Vehicle Accident
6.2%
6 Other
2.1%
2 Technical Rescue
1%
1 Outside Fire
1%
1 Unknown
1%
1 Weather/Disaster Response
1%
1 False Alarm
Cause of fatal injury
35.4%
34 Stress/Overexertion
17.7%
17 Vehicle Collision - Includes Aircraft
10.4%
10 Struck By
10.4%
10 Unknown
6.2%
6 Caught or Trapped
6.2%
6 Collapse
6.2%
6 Exposure
4.2%
4 Other
2.1%
2 Fall
1%
1 Out of Air
Nature of fatal injury
33.3%
32 Heart Attack
31.2%
30 Trauma
11.5%
11 Unknown
7.3%
7 Crushed
6.2%
6 Covid-19
3.1%
3 Other
2.1%
2 Burns
2.1%
2 Drowning
2.1%
2 Cerebrovascular Accident
1%
1 Violence
Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained
2.1%
2 (Under 21)
6.2%
6 (21 to 25)
5.2%
5 (26 to 30)
20.8%
20 (31 to 40)
19.8%
19 (41 to 50)
28.1%
27 (51 to 60)
17.7%
17 (61 and Over)
0%
0 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 34.4%
Type of activity
24%
23 Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
17.7%
17 In-Station Duties
14.6%
14 Other
10.4%
10 EMS/Patient Care
9.4%
9 Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
4.2%
4 Riding Vehicle/Apparatus
4.2%
4 Unknown
3.1%
3 Pump Operations
3.1%
3 Fitness Activity
2.1%
2 Driving/Riding Personal Vehicle
2.1%
2 Search and Rescue
1%
1 Support
1%
1 Forcible Entry
1%
1 Responding
1%
1 Scene Safety
1%
1 Not On Scene
Time of fatal injury
3.1%
3 01:00-02:59
5.2%
5 03:00-04:59
6.2%
6 05:00-06:59
11.5%
11 07:00-08:59
4.2%
4 09:00-10:59
10.4%
10 11:00-12:59
11.5%
11 13:00-14:59
11.5%
11 15:00-16:59
9.4%
9 17:00-18:59
12.5%
12 19:00-20:59
5.2%
5 21:00-22:59
5.2%
5 23:00-00:59
4.2%
4 Unknown
Month of the year
13.5%
13 January
10.4%
10 February
10.4%
10 December
9.4%
9 March
9.4%
9 April
8.3%
8 May
8.3%
8 June
8.3%
8 July
8.3%
8 October
6.2%
6 August
4.2%
4 November
3.1%
3 September
Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization
4.2%
4 Alabama
1%
1 Alaska
2.1%
2 Arizona
1%
1 Arkansas
6.2%
6 California
3.1%
3 Colorado
2.1%
2 Connecticut
1%
1 Delaware
3.1%
3 Florida
3.1%
3 Idaho
1%
1 Illinois
1%
1 Indiana
1%
1 Iowa
1%
1 Kansas
1%
1 Kentucky
1%
1 Louisiana
5.2%
5 Maryland
1%
1 Michigan
2.1%
2 Minnesota
1%
1 Mississippi
3.1%
3 Missouri
3.1%
3 Nebraska
5.2%
5 New Jersey
2.1%
2 New Mexico
6.2%
6 New York
4.2%
4 North Carolina
4.2%
4 Ohio
2.1%
2 Oklahoma
2.1%
2 Oregon
7.3%
7 Pennsylvania
1%
1 South Carolina
4.2%
4 Tennessee
6.2%
6 Texas
1%
1 Virginia
1%
1 West Virginia
3.1%
3 Wisconsin
1%
1 Wyoming