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Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program

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Report No.
Incident Date
Event Description
2007-02 11/29/2006 Career fire fighter dies during flashover in a vacant house - GA
2007-11 04/17/2007

Fire fighter hospitalized in water rescue training incident – OH

2007-17 05/22/2007 Fire fighter dies in apparatus crash at intersection – CT
2007-18 06/18/2007 Nine fire fighters die in commercial building fire – SC
2007-19 06/21/2007 Fire fighter dies after fall from 4th floor roof – NY
2007-25 03/24/2007 Two fire fighters die after tanker rollover – NC
2007-26 07/27/2007 Fire fighter dies after being struck by bus – IL
2007-27 07/24/2007 Fire fighter dies from fall from apparatus – OH
2007-28 07/21/2007 Two fire fighters die in flashover – CA
2007-30 08/11/2007 Fire fighter dies in apparatus rollover – NC
2007-31 08/10/2007 Fire fighter dies from fall from highway overpass – AR
2007-32 08/29/2007 Two fire fighters die in roof collapse at restaurant – MA
2007-33 08/13/2007 Sudden cardiac death in rehab during residential fire - KS
2007-34 04/28/2007 Sudden cardiac death after wildland pack test - ID
2007-37 08/18/2007 Two fire fighters die in commercial building fire – NY
2008-01 01/06/2008 Career captain electrocuted in bucket lift of a ladder truck - PA
2008-03 02/22/2008 7 Fire Fighters from a Combination Department Injured in Explosion at Restaurant Fire - CO
2008-04 02/22/2008 Fire Fighter Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death After Completing Maze Training - GA
2008-05 02/23/2008 Volunteer Captain Dies When Ejected From Cab After Loosing Control of the Engine He Was Driving - CO
2008-07 03/07/2008 2 Career fire fighters die and 4 injured in a millworks fire - NC
2008-08 03/05/2008 Volunteer lieutenant dies in a basement fire - PA
2008-09 04/04/2008 2 Career fire fighters die in basement following floor collapse - OH
2008-11 03/26/2008 Fire fighter killed and 2 fire fighters injured at an electrical utility vault explosion - CA
2008-12 04/08/2008

Volunteer Deputy Chief killed when struck by falling water supply system after catastrophic failure on an aerial ladder truck - PA

2008-13 2/19/2007 Fire Fighter-Emergency Medical Technician Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death During Overhaul – NY
2008-14 04/15/2008 2 Volunteer Fire Fighters Killed when Bridge Collapses Following Brush Fire - CO
2008-15 06/22/2007 Driver/Operator Suffers Heart Attack at Residential Structure Fire - MI
2008-18 03-17-2008 Fire fighter dies during overhaul - MO
2008-19 06-12-2007 Fire fighter collapses during training drill - WI
2008-20 05-06-2007 Fire fighter dies in tool shed fire - IL
2008-21 07-05-2008 Volunteer Chief killed when struck by wall collapse at a commercial structure fire - TX
2008-22 07-07-2008 Fire Fighter killed and another FF injured in apparatus crash enroute to vehicle fire - OH
2008-23 09-14-2007 Career Fire Fighter Dies after Responding to Numerous Calls - MA
2008-24 05-31-2008 Trainee Dies after Live-Fire Training - OK
2008-25 07-08-2008 Volunteer Fire Fighter Killed in Tanker Rollover - NY
2008-26 07/22/2008 Volunteer fire fighter dies following floor collapse - IL
2008-29 09/12/2007 Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death - PA      
2008-30 08/09/2008 Volunteer Captain suffers sudden-cardiac death during live fire training - PA
2008-31 06/26/2008

Deputy Chief suffers on-duty sudden-cardiac death - CA

2008-32 08/03/2008 Fire Fighter dies during dive rescue operation searching for a missing boater - RI
2008-33 09/29/2008

Fire fighter dies when crushed by aerial ladder - LA

2008-34 10/29/2008 Volunteer fire fighter dies when lost in residential structure fire - AL
2008-35 03/09/2008 Volunteer FF suffers sudden cardiac death while fighting residential structure fire - NJ
2008-36 06/06/2008

Volunteer fire fighter collapses during live fire training exercise - NC

2008-37 11/15/2008

Career fire fighter killed by roof collapse during an abandoned house fire - MI

2009-01 10/13/2008

Fire Fighter Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death During Training Exercise - IL

2009-02 11/09/2008 Emergency Medical Technician/Fire Fighter Trainee Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death During Maze Training - VA
2009-03 12/17/2008

Volunteer fire fighter killed directing traffic at the scene of a motor-vehicle accident on a snow-covered highway - MT


Page last updated: January 6, 2009
Page last reviewed: April 8, 2008
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