Two Volunteer Fire Fighters Die While Fighting a Wildland Fire - Kentucky

Details

• Personal Author:
  Braddee, Richard W. ; Cortez, Kimberly L.
• 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 April 6, 1999, two male volunteer fire fighters, ages 28 and 30 years old, died while fighting a wildland fire. The two fire fighters, both members of a volunteer fire department responding to the wildland fire, were constructing a fire line when the fire intensified. Since the fire blocked their escape route, they tried to run up a hollow ahead of the fire. However, due to the rapid flame spread and steep terrain, the two fire fighters were killed trying to escape. On April 27, 1999, two Safety and Occupational Health Specialists from NIOSH, Division of Safety Research, investigated the incident.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Firefighters
  • Fires
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Fire-fighting
  • Firemen
  • Fire-fighters
  • Fire-hazards
  • Accidents
  • Fatalities
• FACE - Firefighter:
  Cause of Death: Trauma ; Wildland Fire: Burnover
• Series:
  Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
• Subseries:
  Death in the Line of Duty Report
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFFFACE99F14
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Report
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; 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:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000392
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2000-105440
• 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 99-F14, 1999 Sep ; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  92 - Public Administration - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1999/04/06
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/163958/cdc_163958_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 529.06 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8c0c336e6e7cc5f850c5e599a98ee685acdc11f813500043f471c42ec36c006b3528b321211abd94161b99d7f0f5ba2c89a04dc189de38425167fb178b64e4b6