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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
Jan 6, 2019 to Dec 18, 2019
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
7
Count of Hometown Heroes:
1
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Firefighter classifications

71.4%
5 Volunteer
28.6%
2 Career
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 0
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 0

Type of duty

57.1%
4 On-Scene Fire
14.3%
1 On-Scene Non-Fire
14.3%
1 Training
14.3%
1 Other On-Duty
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 85.7%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 1

Type of incident

57.1%
4 Structure Fire
28.6%
2 Motor Vehicle Accident
14.3%
1 Not Incident-Related

Cause of fatal injury

85.7%
6 Stress/Overexertion
14.3%
1 Fall

Nature of fatal injury

85.7%
6 Heart Attack
14.3%
1 Trauma

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

0%
0 (Under 21)
0%
0 (21 to 25)
14.3%
1 (26 to 30)
0%
0 (31 to 40)
28.6%
2 (41 to 50)
14.3%
1 (51 to 60)
42.9%
3 (61 and Over)
0%
0 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 14.3%

Type of activity

42.9%
3 Incident Command
28.6%
2 Unknown
14.3%
1 Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
14.3%
1 Not On Scene

Time of fatal injury

0%
0 01:00-02:59
0%
0 03:00-04:59
0%
0 05:00-06:59
0%
0 07:00-08:59
14.3%
1 09:00-10:59
28.6%
2 11:00-12:59
0%
0 13:00-14:59
0%
0 15:00-16:59
14.3%
1 17:00-18:59
14.3%
1 19:00-20:59
14.3%
1 21:00-22:59
0%
0 23:00-00:59
14.3%
1 Unknown

Month of the year

28.6%
2 October
28.6%
2 December
14.3%
1 January
14.3%
1 August
14.3%
1 November

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

100%
7 New York