Three firefighters were also injured.
Three civilians died in the fire, and two were injured. Many of these reported on-duty deaths continue to be …
Published on November 1, 2019. The risk of injury per firefighter in departments protecting the country’s largest communities was six times that of the risk for departments in the smallest communities. JOSEPH L. MOLIS is an NFPA fire data assistant and a battalion chief with the fire department in An award-winning member of Association Media & Publishing Visit: National Fire Protection Association for more statistics on firefighter injuries. Review of 2019 Firefighter On-Duty Deaths.
Included are summaries for deaths, injuries, dollar loss, and leading residential fire causes.Nine summaries describing trends in U.S. nonresidential fires.
Earlier this year, NFPA reported that there were 64 firefighter fatalities while on duty in 2018 (Based on data reported by fire departments responding to the 2018 fire experience survey, we estimate that 58,250 firefighter injuries occurred in the line of duty in 2018. Armed with this data, the fire service can use it to:Thirteen summaries describing trends in U.S. residential fires. Courtesy of Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images. Each year, NFPA studies firefighter deaths and injuries to provide national statistics on their frequency, extent, and characteristics. The United States depends on about 1.1 million fire fighters to protect its citizens and property from fire. Included are summaries for number of fires, dollar loss and leading nonresidential fire causes.Residential is the leading property type for fire deaths (75.0%), fire injuries (77.1%) and fire dollar loss (43.3%).African American males (19.7) and American Indian males (17.4) have the highest fire death rates per million population.People ages 85 or older have the highest fire death rate (43.0).People ages 40-44 have the highest fire injury rate (58.4).
Each year, NFPA studies firefighter deaths and injuries to provide national statistics on their frequency, extent, and characteristics. Firefighter Autopsy Protocol PDF 2.6 MB This protocol helps with the analysis of causes related to firefighter deaths, which can aid in the development of improved firefighter health and safety equipment, procedures and standards. Direct dollar loss includes: 2011 – the Bastrop County Texas Complex Wildfire ($400,000,000), 2012 – the Waldo Canyon Fire and the High Park Fire in Colorado ($567,400,000 total), 2013 – the Black Forest Fire ($420,500,000) in Colorado, 2015 – the Valley and Butte Wildfires in California ($1,950,000,000 total), 2016 – the Gatlinburg, Tennessee Wildfires ($911,000,000), 2017 – Northern California wildfires ($10,000,000,000), and 2018 – California wildfires ($12,400,000,000). 12.13.19. manager at NFPA. A table of firefighter deaths by cause and nature of injury. Photo by Todd LeDuc. Date of Death; Eric M. Hosette Clinton Fire Department Clinton, Iowa: Jan 5, 2019: …
Courtesy of Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images.Average fires and fireground injuries per department by population protectedThe remains of a home destroyed in the Woolsey Fire last November in California. Firefighters work in varied and complex environments that increase their risk of on-the-job death and injury. Firefighters work in varied and complex environments that increase their risk of on-the-job death and injury. This is a decrease of one percent from 2017 and represents the lowest number since NFPA began analyzing this data in 1981.Firefighters in New York respond to an apartment fire that injured 14 people, including 11 firefighters. This statistic shows the total number of firefighter deaths occurred due to fires in the United States from 1977 to 2019. Excludes the large loss fires listed above.Causes of residential building fires resulting in injuries in 2018Download fire death and injury data by gender, age and raceThere were an estimated 29,705 fire departments (all career: 10%; mostly career: 8%; mostly volunteer: 18%; all volunteer: 64%).There were an estimated 1,115,000 firefighters (career: 370,000; volunteer: 745,000).Firefighters died from activities related to an emergency incident.Firefighters died while participating in training activities.Firefighters died while responding to or returning from emergency incidents.22,975 firefighters were injured on the fireground in 2018.These documents describe the data sources and methodology we use to calculate our fire loss estimates. The U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) collects data from a variety of sources to provide information and analyses on the status and scope of the fire problem in the United States. 22,975 firefighters were injured on the fireground in 2018. * Adjusted to 2018 dollars. As it stands, the number of reported firefighter suicides dropped about 10% from 2017 to 2018, according to the alliance.
Author(s): Richard Campbell, Joseph Molis.