The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

FIRE FIGHTER FATALITY INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM

What’s New – 2018

Fatality Investigation # F2016-06 Career Fire Fighter Killed and Volunteer Fire Fighter Seriously Wounded When Shot during a Civilian Welfare Check — Maryland (added 11/27/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2016-18 Arson Fire Kills Three Fire Fighters and Injures Four Fire Fighters Following a Floor Collapse in a Row House — Delaware (added 11/16/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2016-05 Cadet Dies from Hyperthermia and Exertional Heat Stroke During Indoor SCBA Maze Training — Texas (added 11/6/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2017-15 Career Fire Fighter Falls from Aerial Ladder While Carrying Roof Kit During Training — California (added 10/29/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2017-10 Two Fire Fighters Die and One Fire Fighter Injured When Struck at a Roadway Incident – Mississippi (added 10/12/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2017-14 Career Fire Fighter Dies and Another is Seriously Burned Fighting Arson Fire at a Commercial Strip Mall — Texas (added 10/11/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2017-06 Volunteer Fire Fighter Dies in Tanker Rollover Responding to Structure Fire — Oklahoma (added 9/20/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2014-18 Volunteer Assistant Chief Killed and One Fire Fighter Injured by Roof Collapse in a Commercial Storage Building — Indiana (added 8/10/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2017-12 Fire Fighter Suffers Cardiac Arrest While Driving Home From Fire Station After Responding to Motor Vehicle Accident – Illinois (added 5/22/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2017-13 Fire Chief Suffers Fatal Heart Attack At Vehicle Fire – Indiana (added 5/18/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2016-15 38-Year-Old Captain Suffers a Heart Attack at a Medical Call and Dies 4 Days Later—Nebraska (added 5/14/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2016-14 Captain Suffers a Heart Attack at a Motor Vehicle Fire and Subsequently Dies—Nebraska (added 5/14/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2017-04 56-Year-Old Fire Fighter Suffers Cardiac Arrest at Brush Fire— New Hampshire (added 3/29/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2017-03 Fire Fighter Dies of Heart Attack After Skills Training the Previous Night – New Hampshire (added 3/12/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2016-07 Volunteer Fire Fighter Dies After Running Out of Air and Becoming Disoriented in Retail Store in Strip Mall Fire—North Carolina (added 2/22/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2016-16 Volunteer Fire Fighter Struck and Killed by Tanker Backing into the Bay of the Fire Station—Pennsylvania (added 2/20/18)

Fatality Investigation # F2017-02 Fire Fighter Suffers a Heart Attack at Brush Fire and Dies 8 Days Later—Vermont (added 1/18/18)

Page last reviewed: November 22, 2019

Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health