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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
May 3, 2002 to Jan 13, 2022
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
7
Count of Hometown Heroes:
0
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Firefighter classifications

100%
7 Career
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 1
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 0

Type of duty

57.1%
4 On-Scene Fire
28.6%
2 Other On-Duty
14.3%
1 On-Scene Non-Fire
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 71.4%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 0

Type of incident

40%
2 Not Incident-Related
40%
2 Structure Fire
20%
1 Motor Vehicle Accident

Cause of fatal injury

28.6%
2 Caught or Trapped
14.3%
1 Struck By
14.3%
1 Other
14.3%
1 Stress/Overexertion
14.3%
1 Exposure
14.3%
1 Collapse

Nature of fatal injury

28.6%
2 Asphyxiation
14.3%
1 Violence
14.3%
1 Other
14.3%
1 Heart Attack
14.3%
1 Covid-19
14.3%
1 Crushed

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

0%
0 (Under 21)
0%
0 (21 to 25)
0%
0 (26 to 30)
42.9%
3 (31 to 40)
14.3%
1 (41 to 50)
42.9%
3 (51 to 60)
0%
0 (61 and Over)
0%
0 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 42.9%

Type of activity

28.6%
2 Search and Rescue
28.6%
2 Other
28.6%
2 Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
14.3%
1 In-Station Duties

Time of fatal injury

14.3%
1 01:00-02:59
0%
0 03:00-04:59
0%
0 05:00-06:59
14.3%
1 07:00-08:59
0%
0 09:00-10:59
14.3%
1 11:00-12:59
0%
0 13:00-14:59
0%
0 15:00-16:59
14.3%
1 17:00-18:59
0%
0 19:00-20:59
28.6%
2 21:00-22:59
0%
0 23:00-00:59
14.3%
1 Unknown

Month of the year

28.6%
2 May
14.3%
1 November
14.3%
1 December
14.3%
1 July
14.3%
1 June
14.3%
1 January

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

100%
5 Missouri