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FIRE FIGHTER FATALITY INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM

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Each year an average of 100 fire fighters die in the line of duty. To address this continuing national occupational fatality problem, NIOSH conducts independent investigations of fire fighter line of duty deaths. This web page provides access to NIOSH investigation reports and other fire fighter safety resources.

 

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The NIOSH National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) will begin issuing certificates of approval to respirators for use during wildland fire-fighting operations.  NIOSH and the Safety Equipment Institute will cooperatively coordinate certification programs to evaluate candidate respirators for compliance to NFPA 1984-2011, Standard on Respirators for Wildland Fire-Fighting Operations. View the NIOSH letter to all respirator manufacturers.

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently released a Safety Alert describing the potential hazards resulting from thermal degradation of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) facepiece lenses during extreme firefighting conditions. The NFPA Safety Alert is based in part on findings from a number of NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program investigations. View the full NFPA Safety Alert. View the summary letter from NIOSH to the NFPA.[PDF - 1.52 MB]

Fatality Investigation Reports

To list all investigative reports completed for a particular state, click on the map.

Map Data in Tabular Format


U.S. Map with States colored based on number of reports. Yellow: 1 - 5 investigations; Red: Greater than 5 investigations Hawaii - Yellow Connecticut - Red New Jersey - Red Delaware - Yellow Wisconsin - Red Illinois - Red Michigan - Red Missouri - Red New York - Red Maryland - Red West Virginia - Red Tennessee - Red Florida - Red Kentucky - Red Indiana - Red Vermont - Yellow New Hampshire - Yellow Massachusetts - Red Mississippi - Red Pennsylvania - Red Maine - Yellow Virginia - Red South Carolina - Red North Carolina - Red Georgia - Red Montana - Yellow Washington - Yellow Idaho - Yellow Texas - Red Alaska - Yellow Ohio - Red Iowa - Red Wyoming - Yellow Colorado - Red California - Red Arizona - Red New Mexico - Yellow Alabama - Red Louisiana - Yellow Arkansas - Red Oklahoma - Red Kansas - Red Nebraska - Yellow South Dakota - Yellow Minnesota - Yellow North Dakota - Yellow Oregon - Yellow Nevada - Yellow Utah - Yellow Rhode Island - Yellow Maryland - Red Delaware - Yellow New Jersey - Red Connecticut - Red Rhode Island - Yellow Massachusetts - Red Vermont - Yellow New Hampshire - Yellow Michigan - Red District of Columbia - Red

The drop down boxes below allow for interactive queries of completed investigative reports. Select a state, incident year and/or Medical or Trauma Category from the selection boxes and click on Submit.

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Incident Year

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Fire Fighter Program Video

Video summary of FFFIPP Program recorded live by Fire Department Network News TV (FDNNTV) at the 50th IAFF Fire Fighter Convention in San Diego, CA on August 23, 2010.

Recently Released Reports

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2012-11 Fire Chief Suffers Heart Attack While Fighting a Structure Fire and Dies – Mississippi (added 7/26/12)

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2012-03 Fire Apparatus Operator Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death During Physical Fitness Training – Hawaii (added 7/25/12)

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2012-01 Career Fire Fighter Dies After Falling From Aerial Ladder During Training – Florida (added 7/12/12)

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2011-30 Career Fire Fighter Dies and Another is Injured Following Structure Collapse at a Triple Decker Residential Fire – Massachusetts (added 7/12/12)

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2011-27 Fire Fighter Suffers Cardiac Death After Responding to a Structure Fire – New York (added 7/12/12)

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2011-05 Career Fire Fighter/Paramedic Dies from Injuries Following an Unexpected Ceiling Collapse – California (added 7/12/12)

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2011-07 Lieutenant suffers on duty cardiac death at a Regional Dispatch Center – Ohio (added 6/14/12)

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2012-02 Fire Fighter-Paramedic Suffers On-Duty Cardiac Death at Fire Station – Texas (added 6/12/12)

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2011-29 Engineer Dies from Heart Attack and Cardiac Arrest – Indiana (added 5/23/12)

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2011-17 Wildland Fire Fighter Dies from Hyperthermia and Exertional Heatstroke While Conducting Mop-Up Operations – Texas (added 5/14/12)

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2011-23 Volunteer Fire Fighter Struck and Killed While Directing Traffic at an Interstate Highway Incident – Iowa (added 5/3/12)

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation # F2011-13 A Career Lieutenant and Fire Fighter/Paramedic Die in a Hillside Residential House Fire – California (added 5/3/12)

 

 
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Tim Merinar, MS
Fatality Investigations Team
Division of Safety Research
NIOSH
trm2@cdc.gov
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