Fire Fighter Fatalities 1998–2001: Overview with an Emphasis on Structure Related Traumatic Fatalities

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• Personal Author:
  Boraddee R ; Castillo, Dawn N. ; Hodous TDK ; Pizzatella, Timothy J. ; Boraddee R ; Castillo, Dawn N. ; Hodous TDK ; Pizzatella, Timothy J.
• Description:
  To review the causes of all fire fighter line-of-duty-deaths from 1998 through 2001, and present recommendations for preventing fatalities within the specific subgroup of structure related events. Fire fighter fatality data from the United States Fire Administration were reviewed and classified into three main categories of injury. Investigations conducted through the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program provided the basis for the recommendations presented in this paper. During the time period from 1998-2001, there were 410 line-of-duty deaths among fire fighters in the United States, excluding the 343 fire fighters who died at the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001. The 410 fatalities included 191 medical (non-traumatic) deaths (47%), 75 motor vehicle related fatalities (18%), and 144 other traumatic fatalities (35%). The latter group included 68 fatalities that were associated with structures which commonly involved structural collapse, rapid fire progression, and trapped fire fighters. Structural fires pose particular hazards to fire fighters. Additional efforts must be directed to more effectively use what we have learned through the NIOSH investigations and recommendations from published experts in the safety community, consensus standards, and national fire safety organizations to reduce fire fighter fatalities during structural fire fighting. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Emergency Responders Firefighters Fires Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Cardiovascular-disease Cardiovascular-system-disease Emergency-responders Fire-fighters Fire-fighting Fire-hazards Mortality-data Mortality-rates Motor-vehicles Occupational-hazards Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  1353-8047
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  222-226
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025694
• Citation:
  Inj Prev 2004 Aug; 10(4):222-226
• Contact Point Address:
  TJ Pizatella, NIOSH, Division of Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
• Email:
  tjp2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Injury Prevention
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b9990e6d741664fb7c514c5022c820a4343bc1b06b4f749761d7a05243f65c50bfc899b927199556fd53b33be7fa71331ac3b46b2d7c9fd8d8a4bb514118c5af
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196959/cdc_196959_DS1.pdf
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