Firefighter classifications
47.5%
28 Career
42.4%
25 Volunteer
3.4%
2 Paid-on-Call
3.4%
2 Wildland Full-Time
1.7%
1 Part-Time (Paid)
1.7%
1 Wildland Contract
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 1
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 3
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 3
Type of duty
45.8%
27 On-Scene Fire
15.3%
9 Other On-Duty
15.3%
9 Responding
11.9%
7 Training
11.9%
7 On-Scene Non-Fire
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 76.3%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 0
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 0
Type of incident
35.6%
21 Structure Fire
18.6%
11 Not Incident-Related
11.9%
7 Wildland
8.5%
5 Motor Vehicle Accident
6.8%
4 Other
5.1%
3 Vehicle Fire
5.1%
3 Outside Fire
5.1%
3 Emergency Medical Services
1.7%
1 Weather/Disaster Response
1.7%
1 Rescue/Extrication
Cause of fatal injury
30.5%
18 Stress/Overexertion
25.4%
15 Vehicle Collision - Includes Aircraft
16.9%
10 Unknown
10.2%
6 Struck By
3.4%
2 Caught or Trapped
3.4%
2 Lost
1.7%
1 Out of Air
1.7%
1 Exposure
1.7%
1 Suicide
1.7%
1 Collapse
1.7%
1 Fall
1.7%
1 Other
Nature of fatal injury
42.4%
25 Trauma
27.1%
16 Heart Attack
16.9%
10 Unknown
3.4%
2 Crushed
1.7%
1 Drowning
1.7%
1 Covid-19
1.7%
1 Electrocution
1.7%
1 Cerebrovascular Accident
1.7%
1 Other
1.7%
1 Violence
Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained
5.1%
3 (Under 21)
8.5%
5 (21 to 25)
10.2%
6 (26 to 30)
10.2%
6 (31 to 40)
25.4%
15 (41 to 50)
18.6%
11 (51 to 60)
22%
13 (61 and Over)
0%
0 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 33.9%
Type of activity
30.5%
18 Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
10.2%
6 Fitness Activity
10.2%
6 Riding Vehicle/Apparatus
8.5%
5 Other
8.5%
5 Scene Safety
6.8%
4 Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
5.1%
3 In-Station Duties
3.4%
2 Responding
3.4%
2 Pump Operations
3.4%
2 EMS/Patient Care
3.4%
2 Incident Command
3.4%
2 Driving/Riding Personal Vehicle
1.7%
1 Standby
1.7%
1 Unknown
Time of fatal injury
0%
0 01:00-02:59
3.4%
2 03:00-04:59
1.7%
1 05:00-06:59
10.2%
6 07:00-08:59
8.5%
5 09:00-10:59
8.5%
5 11:00-12:59
13.6%
8 13:00-14:59
11.9%
7 15:00-16:59
10.2%
6 17:00-18:59
18.6%
11 19:00-20:59
8.5%
5 21:00-22:59
3.4%
2 23:00-00:59
1.7%
1 Unknown
Month of the year
15.3%
9 February
15.3%
9 August
13.6%
8 March
13.6%
8 April
13.6%
8 June
11.9%
7 July
6.8%
4 January
5.1%
3 May
5.1%
3 September
Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization
3.4%
2 Alabama
5.1%
3 California
1.7%
1 Connecticut
1.7%
1 Florida
5.1%
3 Georgia
1.7%
1 Hawaii
6.8%
4 Illinois
1.7%
1 Indiana
1.7%
1 Maryland
1.7%
1 Massachusetts
3.4%
2 Michigan
1.7%
1 Missouri
1.7%
1 New Hampshire
10.2%
6 New Jersey
5.1%
3 New York
1.7%
1 North Carolina
6.8%
4 Ohio
3.4%
2 Oregon
1.7%
1 Pennsylvania
1.7%
1 Rhode Island
1.7%
1 South Carolina
3.4%
2 South Dakota
3.4%
2 Tennessee
10.2%
6 Texas
6.8%
4 Virginia
1.7%
1 Washington
3.4%
2 West Virginia
1.7%
1 Wisconsin