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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
Jun 27, 1990 to Aug 6, 2023
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
28
Count of Hometown Heroes:
0
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Firefighter classifications

33.3%
9 Career
25.9%
7 Wildland Contract
18.5%
5 Wildland Part-Time
14.8%
4 Wildland Full-Time
7.4%
2 Volunteer
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 2
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 16

Type of duty

75%
21 On-Scene Fire
17.9%
5 Other On-Duty
7.1%
2 Training
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 67.9%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 0

Type of incident

81.5%
22 Wildland
14.8%
4 Not Incident-Related
3.7%
1 Outside Fire

Cause of fatal injury

40.7%
11 Vehicle Collision - Includes Aircraft
22.2%
6 Struck By
11.1%
3 Exposure
11.1%
3 Caught or Trapped
11.1%
3 Stress/Overexertion
3.7%
1 Other

Nature of fatal injury

66.7%
18 Trauma
14.8%
4 Burns
11.1%
3 Heart Attack
3.7%
1 Asphyxiation
3.7%
1 Heat Exhaustion

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

3.6%
1 (Under 21)
10.7%
3 (21 to 25)
7.1%
2 (26 to 30)
21.4%
6 (31 to 40)
17.9%
5 (41 to 50)
17.9%
5 (51 to 60)
14.3%
4 (61 and Over)
7.1%
2 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 46.2%

Type of activity

26.1%
6 Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
21.7%
5 Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
17.4%
4 Other
8.7%
2 Support
8.7%
2 Riding Vehicle/Apparatus
4.3%
1 Search and Rescue
4.3%
1 Not On Scene
4.3%
1 Scene Safety
4.3%
1 Fitness Activity

Time of fatal injury

3.6%
1 01:00-02:59
0%
0 03:00-04:59
3.6%
1 05:00-06:59
0%
0 07:00-08:59
17.9%
5 09:00-10:59
0%
0 11:00-12:59
7.1%
2 13:00-14:59
7.1%
2 15:00-16:59
10.7%
3 17:00-18:59
14.3%
4 19:00-20:59
0%
0 21:00-22:59
3.6%
1 23:00-00:59
32.1%
9 Unknown

Month of the year

21.4%
6 August
17.9%
5 July
14.3%
4 September
14.3%
4 October
10.7%
3 June
7.1%
2 April
3.6%
1 March
3.6%
1 February
3.6%
1 May
3.6%
1 December

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

100%
27 California