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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
May 31, 1991 to May 21, 2020
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
27
Count of Hometown Heroes:
1
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Firefighter classifications

40.7%
11 Career
22.2%
6 Volunteer
18.5%
5 Wildland Full-Time
11.1%
3 Wildland Part-Time
7.4%
2 Wildland Contract
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 2
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 10

Type of duty

44.4%
12 On-Scene Fire
25.9%
7 Training
22.2%
6 Other On-Duty
3.7%
1 On-Scene Non-Fire
3.7%
1 Responding
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 48.1%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 0

Type of incident

57.7%
15 Wildland
34.6%
9 Not Incident-Related
3.8%
1 Motor Vehicle Accident
3.8%
1 Hazmat

Cause of fatal injury

29.6%
8 Stress/Overexertion
22.2%
6 Caught or Trapped
18.5%
5 Vehicle Collision - Includes Aircraft
18.5%
5 Struck By
7.4%
2 Fall
3.7%
1 Suicide

Nature of fatal injury

48.1%
13 Trauma
29.6%
8 Heart Attack
14.8%
4 Burns
7.4%
2 Asphyxiation

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

11.1%
3 (Under 21)
11.1%
3 (21 to 25)
3.7%
1 (26 to 30)
29.6%
8 (31 to 40)
14.8%
4 (41 to 50)
14.8%
4 (51 to 60)
14.8%
4 (61 and Over)
0%
0 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 55.6%

Type of activity

29.2%
7 Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
16.7%
4 Support
12.5%
3 Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
12.5%
3 Fitness Activity
12.5%
3 Other
8.3%
2 Riding Vehicle/Apparatus
8.3%
2 Not On Scene

Time of fatal injury

0%
0 01:00-02:59
0%
0 03:00-04:59
3.7%
1 05:00-06:59
11.1%
3 07:00-08:59
0%
0 09:00-10:59
11.1%
3 11:00-12:59
3.7%
1 13:00-14:59
11.1%
3 15:00-16:59
14.8%
4 17:00-18:59
3.7%
1 19:00-20:59
3.7%
1 21:00-22:59
0%
0 23:00-00:59
37%
10 Unknown

Month of the year

33.3%
9 July
22.2%
6 August
11.1%
3 May
11.1%
3 March
3.7%
1 October
3.7%
1 December
3.7%
1 April
3.7%
1 February
3.7%
1 September
3.7%
1 June

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

100%
26 Idaho