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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
Jul 22, 2003 to Sep 20, 2022
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
6
Count of Hometown Heroes:
0
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Firefighter classifications

50%
3 Career
50%
3 Wildland Contract
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 2
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 3

Type of duty

83.3%
5 On-Scene Fire
16.7%
1 Training
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 66.7%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 0

Type of incident

83.3%
5 Wildland
16.7%
1 Not Incident-Related

Cause of fatal injury

33.3%
2 Caught or Trapped
33.3%
2 Vehicle Collision - Includes Aircraft
16.7%
1 Stress/Overexertion
16.7%
1 Unknown

Nature of fatal injury

33.3%
2 Burns
33.3%
2 Trauma
16.7%
1 Heart Attack
16.7%
1 Unknown

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

0%
0 (Under 21)
33.3%
2 (21 to 25)
0%
0 (26 to 30)
16.7%
1 (31 to 40)
50%
3 (41 to 50)
0%
0 (51 to 60)
0%
0 (61 and Over)
0%
0 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 50%

Type of activity

66.7%
4 Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
16.7%
1 Fitness Activity
16.7%
1 Unknown

Time of fatal injury

0%
0 01:00-02:59
0%
0 03:00-04:59
0%
0 05:00-06:59
16.7%
1 07:00-08:59
0%
0 09:00-10:59
0%
0 11:00-12:59
0%
0 13:00-14:59
66.7%
4 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
16.7%
1 Unknown

Month of the year

66.7%
4 July
16.7%
1 May
16.7%
1 September

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

100%
6 Idaho