Career Fire Fighter/EMT Dies in Ambulance Crash – Florida [revised 2006-07-14]

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• Personal Author:
  Frederick, Linda J. ; Koedam, Robert E. ; Moore, Paul H.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
• Description:
  Death in the Line of Duty…a Summary of a NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation
  
  On August 23, 2004, a 22-year-old male career fire fighter/emergency medical technician (the victim) died after the ambulance in which he was riding crashed into a tree. The ambulance, with a patient on board, had proceeded through an intersection with lights and siren activated when the driver lost control after losing traction on a wet road. The victim, who was belted into the captain's chair in the patient compartment, died on impact and was pronounced dead on scene. A paramedic who was also sitting in the rear of the ambulance was ejected and sustained serious injuries. He was transported to a local hospital via ambulance. NIOSH investigators concluded that to minimize the risk of similar occurrences, fire departments and emergency medical services should: 1. replace worn tires as part of the apparatus maintenance program
  
  2. ensure that drivers operate emergency vehicles at speeds appropriate for the road conditions to prevent hydroplaning and loss of vehicle control
  
  and, 3. ensure that drivers receive driver training at least twice a year. In addition, ambulance manufacturers, researchers and standard setting bodies should continue to improve vehicle safety standards and designs for increased crash worthiness of ambulance patient compartments for occupant survivability.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Automobiles Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Emergency-responders Fire-fighters Fire-fighting-equipment Injuries Injury-prevention Motor-vehicles OSHA Region 4 Paramedical-services Personal-protective-equipment Protective-equipment Safety-belts Safety-education Safety-equipment Surveillance Training Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - Firefighter:
  Cause of Death: Trauma ; Motor Vehicle: Emergency Vehicle
• Series:
  Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
• Subseries:
  Death in the Line of Duty Report
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFFFACEF200512
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030199
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2006-111430
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE F2005-12, 2006 May ; :1-11
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2004/08/23
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1fbd9318432d78bc0d1a993b8ad4fc603edbd1ea08abc086aad24b6152bc76754474ca768995ff159b7beef8dda662008e79d993eb0eba786d25630f91340227
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/163689/cdc_163689_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.74 MB ]