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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
Jun 5, 1997 to Mar 25, 2021
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
5
Count of Hometown Heroes:
0
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Firefighter classifications

60%
3 Career
20%
1 Volunteer
20%
1 Wildland Part-Time
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 0
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 1

Type of duty

40%
2 Other On-Duty
20%
1 On-Scene Non-Fire
20%
1 After
20%
1 On-Scene Fire
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 40%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 0

Type of incident

50%
2 Not Incident-Related
25%
1 Structure Fire
25%
1 Outside Fire

Cause of fatal injury

40%
2 Stress/Overexertion
20%
1 Exposure
20%
1 Out of Air
20%
1 Vehicle Collision - Includes Aircraft

Nature of fatal injury

60%
3 Heart Attack
20%
1 Electrocution
20%
1 Trauma

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

20%
1 (Under 21)
0%
0 (21 to 25)
20%
1 (26 to 30)
0%
0 (31 to 40)
40%
2 (41 to 50)
20%
1 (51 to 60)
0%
0 (61 and Over)
0%
0 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 40%

Type of activity

20%
1 EMS/Patient Care
20%
1 Search and Rescue
20%
1 Other
20%
1 Not On Scene
20%
1 Riding Vehicle/Apparatus

Time of fatal injury

0%
0 01:00-02:59
0%
0 03:00-04:59
0%
0 05:00-06:59
20%
1 07:00-08:59
0%
0 09:00-10:59
0%
0 11:00-12:59
0%
0 13:00-14:59
60%
3 15:00-16:59
0%
0 17:00-18:59
0%
0 19:00-20:59
0%
0 21:00-22:59
0%
0 23:00-00:59
20%
1 Unknown

Month of the year

60%
3 March
20%
1 June
20%
1 October

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

100%
4 Ohio