A significant year in firefighter fatality data       2020 ended with a total of 96 on-duty deaths per the United States Fire Administration.  Details regarding the definitions and criteria used to determine and list our on-duty deaths are covered in an earlier article[1].  This number should increase slightly based on news of […]

    On this day a response to an AFA turned deadly       On July 28, 2011, a 37-year-old career captain died and 9 fire fighters were injured in a 6-story medical building fire while searching for the seat of the fire. At 1228 hours, dispatch sent four companies (2 engines, 1 truck, […]

      “Do you know the line of duty death total for 2018 and how many were involved on the interior?”

Details are key for the lessons we need to learn  

It was a good and bad year for the U.S. fire service  

  And the tales grow taller on down the line  

  In terms of data, the fireground has been relatively safe so far

Don’t worry about those fires kid  

  A closer look at reported firefighter fatality on the hoseline data  

  A milestone in the efforts to reduce fatalities