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FIRE FIGHTER FATALITY INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM

Pending Investigations/Reports

Report No. Incident Date Event Description
2008-24 05/31/2008 Trainee Dies after Live-Fire Training - OK
2010-24 05/22/2009 Fire fighter suffers heart attack during dispatch – Massachusetts
2012-07 02/29/2012 Career fire fighter struck and killed at scene of motor vehicle crash on interstate highway – California
2012-12 04/07/2012 Volunteer Fire Chief killed by roof collapse at a restaurant / bar fire – Tennessee
2012-13 04/09/2012 Career Lieutenant and fire fighter  killed by roof collapse in commercial structure - Pennsylvania
2012-14 04/03/2012 Career captain suffers medical emergency during physical fitness activities – California
2012-25 08/10/2012

Volunteer Captain dies during training dive – Ohio

2012-26 08/15/2012

Career Fire Captain and 4 civilians injured when fly section of aerial platform suddenly retracts – Arizona

2012-27 09/17/2012

Volunteer Fire Captain suffers heat stress and dies following advanced training exercise – Texas

2012-28 11/02/2012

Career Fire Captain is injured and dies following residential house fire – Illinois

2012-30 11/11/2012

Volunteer Fire Fighter dies in apparatus crash responding to a reported grass fire – Indiana

2012-31 12/02/2012

Volunteer Fire Fighter struck by fire apparatus while working at the scene of a structure fire – Illinois

2013-01 08/20/2012

Career Fire Captain falls ill and dies shortly after reporting for duty – Tennessee   

2013-02 01/22/2013         

Volunteer Fire Captain falls through floor at structure fire  – New York  

2013-03 01/08/2013         

Career Fire Fighter suffers apparent heart attack while performing safety checks  – Alabama  

2013-04 02/15/2013

Two career Lieutenants killed and two fire fighters seriously injured by roof collapse - Texas

2013-05 03/05/2013

Volunteer fire fighter killed when struck while working at scene of multiple vehicle crash – Illinois

2013-06 03/28/2013

Fire fighter killed when struck by passing motorist at scene of brush fire – New Jersey

2013-07 04/06/2013

Career Captain killed performing roof operations at structure fire - Pennsylvania

2013-08 09/02/2012

Career Fire Chief while working on-shift – New Hampshire

2013-09 03/19/2012

Fire Fighter dies after being found unconscious in  fire station bunk room - Virginia

2013-10 03/03/2013

Volunteer Fire Chief suffers heart attack while working at brush fire - North Carolina

2013-11 04/17/2013

Fire and explosion at fertilizer processing plant kills multiple fire fighters and EMS responders – Texas

 
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