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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
Oct 28, 1998 to Feb 13, 2021
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
4
Count of Hometown Heroes:
0
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Firefighter classifications

50%
2 Career
25%
1 Wildland Full-Time
25%
1 Wildland Part-Time
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 0
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 2

Type of duty

50%
2 On-Scene Fire
25%
1 Responding
25%
1 Other On-Duty
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 75%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 0

Type of incident

50%
2 Wildland
25%
1 Outside Fire
25%
1 Structure Fire

Cause of fatal injury

50%
2 Vehicle Collision - Includes Aircraft
25%
1 Exposure
25%
1 Stress/Overexertion

Nature of fatal injury

50%
2 Trauma
25%
1 Burns
25%
1 Cerebrovascular Accident

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

0%
0 (Under 21)
25%
1 (21 to 25)
0%
0 (26 to 30)
50%
2 (31 to 40)
25%
1 (41 to 50)
0%
0 (51 to 60)
0%
0 (61 and Over)
0%
0 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 75%

Type of activity

25%
1 Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
25%
1 Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
25%
1 Not On Scene
25%
1 Incident Command

Time of fatal injury

0%
0 01:00-02:59
0%
0 03:00-04:59
0%
0 05:00-06:59
0%
0 07:00-08:59
25%
1 09:00-10:59
25%
1 11:00-12:59
25%
1 13:00-14:59
0%
0 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
25%
1 Unknown

Month of the year

25%
1 October
25%
1 August
25%
1 January
25%
1 February

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

100%
4 Arkansas