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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
Dec 14, 1995 to Jul 4, 2018
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
5
Count of Hometown Heroes:
0
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Firefighter classifications

40%
2 Volunteer
40%
2 Career
20%
1 Part-Time (Paid)
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 1
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 0

Type of duty

40%
2 Responding
40%
2 On-Scene Fire
20%
1 After
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 80%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 0

Type of incident

50%
2 Structure Fire
25%
1 Not Incident-Related
25%
1 Motor Vehicle Accident

Cause of fatal injury

40%
2 Caught or Trapped
20%
1 Struck By
20%
1 Stress/Overexertion
20%
1 Vehicle Collision - Includes Aircraft

Nature of fatal injury

40%
2 Trauma
40%
2 Burns
20%
1 Heart Attack

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

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

Type of activity

40%
2 Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
20%
1 Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
20%
1 Not On Scene
20%
1 Responding

Time of fatal injury

0%
0 01:00-02:59
0%
0 03:00-04:59
0%
0 05:00-06:59
40%
2 07:00-08:59
0%
0 09:00-10:59
0%
0 11:00-12:59
20%
1 13:00-14:59
20%
1 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

40%
2 March
20%
1 December
20%
1 August
20%
1 July

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

100%
4 North Carolina