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Summary Incident Report

Report dates:
May 12, 1990 to Aug 4, 2023
Number of on-duty firefighter fatalities:
73
Count of Hometown Heroes:
1
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Firefighter classifications

46.6%
34 Career
27.4%
20 Wildland Contract
17.8%
13 Volunteer
5.5%
4 Wildland Full-Time
2.7%
2 Wildland Part-Time
Number of multiple firefighter fatality incidents: 6
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with wildland incidents: 26

Type of duty

40.3%
29 On-Scene Fire
38.9%
28 Other On-Duty
11.1%
8 Responding
5.6%
4 Training
1.4%
1 On-Scene Non-Fire
1.4%
1 After
1.4%
1 Returning
Percent of fatalities related to emergency duty: 58.9%
Number of firefighter fatalities associated with suspicious/incendiary incidents: 0

Type of incident

82%
50 Wildland
11.5%
7 Not Incident-Related
3.3%
2 Other
1.6%
1 Weather/Disaster Response
1.6%
1 Structure Fire

Cause of fatal injury

28.8%
21 Vehicle Collision - Includes Aircraft
27.4%
20 Struck By
19.2%
14 Caught or Trapped
16.4%
12 Stress/Overexertion
4.1%
3 Other
2.7%
2 Fall
1.4%
1 Exposure

Nature of fatal injury

57.5%
42 Trauma
15.1%
11 Heart Attack
15.1%
11 Burns
6.8%
5 Asphyxiation
2.7%
2 Cerebrovascular Accident
2.7%
2 Other

Age of firefighter when the fatal injury was sustained

15.1%
11 (Under 21)
21.9%
16 (21 to 25)
17.8%
13 (26 to 30)
5.5%
4 (31 to 40)
11%
8 (41 to 50)
23.3%
17 (51 to 60)
4.1%
3 (61 and Over)
1.4%
1 (Unknown)
Percent of firefighter fatalities age 40 and under: 61.1%

Type of activity

26.1%
18 Advance Hose Lines/Fire Attack (includes Wildland)
24.6%
17 Riding Vehicle/Apparatus
18.8%
13 Other
8.7%
6 Driving/Operating Vehicle/Apparatus
4.3%
3 Support
2.9%
2 Unknown
2.9%
2 Search and Rescue
2.9%
2 Driving/Riding Personal Vehicle
2.9%
2 In-Station Duties
2.9%
2 Fitness Activity
1.4%
1 Not On Scene
1.4%
1 Water Supply

Time of fatal injury

0%
0 01:00-02:59
1.4%
1 03:00-04:59
0%
0 05:00-06:59
5.5%
4 07:00-08:59
21.9%
16 09:00-10:59
2.7%
2 11:00-12:59
5.5%
4 13:00-14:59
1.4%
1 15:00-16:59
16.4%
12 17:00-18:59
12.3%
9 19:00-20:59
1.4%
1 21:00-22:59
0%
0 23:00-00:59
31.5%
23 Unknown

Month of the year

45.2%
33 August
16.4%
12 July
8.2%
6 June
5.5%
4 September
5.5%
4 February
5.5%
4 November
4.1%
3 October
2.7%
2 March
2.7%
2 December
2.7%
2 April
1.4%
1 May

Firefighter fatalities by state by location of fire service organization

100%
61 Oregon