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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
Jul 10, 2001 to Jul 10, 2001
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
6
Count of Hometown Heroes:
0
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Firefighter classifications

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

Type of duty

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

Type of incident

100%
5 Wildland

Cause of fatal injury

66.7%
4 Caught or Trapped
33.3%
2 Struck By

Nature of fatal injury

66.7%
4 Asphyxiation
33.3%
2 Trauma

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

33.3%
2 (Under 21)
16.7%
1 (21 to 25)
16.7%
1 (26 to 30)
0%
0 (31 to 40)
16.7%
1 (41 to 50)
16.7%
1 (51 to 60)
0%
0 (61 and Over)
0%
0 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 66.7%

Type of activity

66.7%
4 Other
16.7%
1 Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
16.7%
1 Support

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
16.7%
1 11:00-12:59
0%
0 13:00-14:59
0%
0 15:00-16:59
66.7%
4 17:00-18:59
0%
0 19:00-20:59
0%
0 21:00-22:59
0%
0 23:00-00:59
0%
0 Unknown

Month of the year

100%
6 July

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

20%
1 Idaho
80%
4 Washington