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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
Jan 31, 2020 to Dec 29, 2020
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
5
Count of Hometown Heroes:
1
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Firefighter classifications

60%
3 Volunteer
40%
2 Career
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 0
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 0

Type of duty

40%
2 Other On-Duty
20%
1 Returning
20%
1 Responding
20%
1 On-Scene Fire
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 60%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 0

Type of incident

40%
2 Not Incident-Related
40%
2 Structure Fire
20%
1 False Alarm

Cause of fatal injury

40%
2 Stress/Overexertion
40%
2 Exposure
20%
1 Vehicle Collision - Includes Aircraft

Nature of fatal injury

40%
2 Heart Attack
40%
2 Covid-19
20%
1 Trauma

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

20%
1 (Under 21)
0%
0 (21 to 25)
0%
0 (26 to 30)
0%
0 (31 to 40)
20%
1 (41 to 50)
0%
0 (51 to 60)
60%
3 (61 and Over)
0%
0 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 20%

Type of activity

60%
3 Other
20%
1 Driving/Riding Personal Vehicle
20%
1 Unknown

Time of fatal injury

0%
0 01:00-02:59
20%
1 03:00-04:59
0%
0 05:00-06:59
0%
0 07:00-08:59
0%
0 09:00-10:59
0%
0 11:00-12:59
0%
0 13:00-14:59
20%
1 15:00-16:59
0%
0 17:00-18:59
0%
0 19:00-20:59
0%
0 21:00-22:59
0%
0 23:00-00:59
60%
3 Unknown

Month of the year

20%
1 January
20%
1 March
20%
1 June
20%
1 September
20%
1 December

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

100%
5 North Carolina