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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
Jan 5, 2020 to Dec 29, 2020
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
102
Count of Hometown Heroes:
10
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Firefighter classifications

48%
49 Career
34.3%
35 Volunteer
7.8%
8 Wildland Contract
4.9%
5 Part-Time (Paid)
3.9%
4 Paid-on-Call
0.98%
1 Wildland Part-Time
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 3
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 9

Type of duty

29.4%
30 Other On-Duty
25.5%
26 On-Scene Fire
24.5%
25 On-Scene Non-Fire
9.8%
10 Responding
6.9%
7 Training
3.9%
4 Returning
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 70.6%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 4

Type of incident

22.5%
23 Structure Fire
20.6%
21 Emergency Medical Services
18.6%
19 Not Incident-Related
15.7%
16 Other
11.8%
12 Wildland
2%
2 Motor Vehicle Accident
2%
2 Hazmat
2%
2 False Alarm
0.98%
1 Outside Fire
0.98%
1 Weather/Disaster Response
0.98%
1 Technical Rescue
0.98%
1 Rescue/Extrication
0.98%
1 Vehicle Fire

Cause of fatal injury

36.3%
37 Stress/Overexertion
35.3%
36 Exposure
14.7%
15 Vehicle Collision - Includes Aircraft
3.9%
4 Collapse
2.9%
3 Caught or Trapped
2%
2 Struck By
2%
2 Out of Air
2%
2 Other
0.98%
1 Fall

Nature of fatal injury

35.3%
36 Covid-19
28.4%
29 Heart Attack
16.7%
17 Trauma
6.9%
7 Asphyxiation
5.9%
6 Other
2.9%
3 Cerebrovascular Accident
2%
2 Burns
0.98%
1 Violence
0.98%
1 Crushed

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

1%
1 (Under 21)
2.9%
3 (21 to 25)
5.9%
6 (26 to 30)
11.8%
12 (31 to 40)
28.4%
29 (41 to 50)
23.5%
24 (51 to 60)
25.5%
26 (61 and Over)
1%
1 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 21.8%

Type of activity

31.4%
32 Other
17.6%
18 EMS/Patient Care
15.7%
16 Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
7.8%
8 Responding
4.9%
5 Search and Rescue
3.9%
4 Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
2.9%
3 In-Station Duties
2.9%
3 Support
2.9%
3 Not On Scene
2%
2 Fitness Activity
0.98%
1 Driving/Riding Personal Vehicle
0.98%
1 Pump Operations
0.98%
1 Riding Vehicle/Apparatus
0.98%
1 Unknown
0.98%
1 Extrication
0.98%
1 Scene Safety
0.98%
1 Water Supply
0.98%
1 Incident Command

Time of fatal injury

4.9%
5 01:00-02:59
5.9%
6 03:00-04:59
2.9%
3 05:00-06:59
9.8%
10 07:00-08:59
3.9%
4 09:00-10:59
8.8%
9 11:00-12:59
6.9%
7 13:00-14:59
9.8%
10 15:00-16:59
4.9%
5 17:00-18:59
2.9%
3 19:00-20:59
6.9%
7 21:00-22:59
1%
1 23:00-00:59
31.4%
32 Unknown

Month of the year

13.7%
14 December
12.7%
13 April
12.7%
13 August
11.8%
12 September
9.8%
10 November
8.8%
9 January
7.8%
8 July
5.9%
6 March
4.9%
5 May
3.9%
4 February
3.9%
4 June
3.9%
4 October

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

2%
2 Alabama
0.98%
1 Alaska
2%
2 American Samoa
2%
2 Arizona
7.8%
8 California
2%
2 Colorado
0.98%
1 Connecticut
2.9%
3 Florida
3.9%
4 Georgia
0.98%
1 Hawaii
0.98%
1 Idaho
4.9%
5 Illinois
2.9%
3 Indiana
0.98%
1 Kansas
0.98%
1 Kentucky
0.98%
1 Maine
6.9%
7 Michigan
0.98%
1 Minnesota
0.98%
1 Mississippi
3.9%
4 Missouri
0.98%
1 Montana
0.98%
1 Nebraska
0.98%
1 New Hampshire
2%
2 New Jersey
4.9%
5 New York
4.9%
5 North Carolina
2%
2 Ohio
0.98%
1 Oklahoma
2%
2 Oregon
7.8%
8 Pennsylvania
0.98%
1 Tennessee
12.7%
13 Texas
0.98%
1 Virginia
0.98%
1 Washington
5.9%
6 West Virginia
0.98%
1 Wisconsin