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FIRE FIGHTER FATALITY INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM

Pending Investigations/Reports

Report No. Incident Date Event Description
2008-24 05/31/2008 Trainee Dies after Live-Fire Training – Oklahoma
2012-12 04/07/2012 Volunteer Fire Chief killed by roof collapse at a restaurant / bar fire – Tennessee
2014-18 08/06/2014 Volunteer Ass’t Fire Chief killed by roof collapse at commercial structure fire – Indiana
2015-19 12/28/2015 Career fire fighter falls through floor into basement at residential arson fire – Ohio
2015-21 04/12/2015 Volunteer fire fighter dies in basement fire – South Dakota
2016-05 03/31/2016 Career fire fighter recruit suffers heat stress and dies during maze training – Texas
2016-06 04/15/2016 Two fire Fighters shot after responding to a residence for a welfare check – Maryland
2016-07 04/30/2016 Volunteer fire fighter suffers smoke inhalation and dies fighting commercial strip mall fire – North Carolina
2016-09 06/06/2016 Volunteer fire fighter drowns during SCUBA recovery operation – North Carolina
2016-10 01/11/2016 Career fire fighter suffers cardiac arrest after responding to multiple emergency calls – Illinois
2016-11 12/04/2015 Career fire fighter suffers medical emergency while performing CPR on patient – Illinois
2016-12 06/14/2016 Career fire fighter suffers serious injury and dies after surf-rescue training exercise – Hawaii
2016-13 11/10/2016 Captain suffers sudden cardiac death after performing physical fitness training- Mississippi
2016-14 04/16/2015 Volunteer fire captain collapses and dies at scene of vehicle fire – Nebraska
2016-15 06/27/2016 Volunteer fire captain dies 4 days after suffering on-duty heart attack – Nebraska
2016-16 07/23/2016 Volunteer fire fighter struck and killed by backing fire apparatus – Pennsylvania
2016-18 09/24/2016 Three career fire fighters die and three are injured following floor collapse at a residential structure basement fire – Delaware
2016-19 09/09/2016 Career fire fighter dies and two others injured following fire apparatus crash responding to a trailer fire – Mississippi
2016-20 05/25/2015 Acting Battalion Chief suffers cardiac arrest following work shift – Tennessee
2016-22 04/17/2016 Career Lieutenant suffers heart attack at structure fire – Tennessee
2016-23 10/31/2016 Career Fire Fighter suffers cardiac arrest while on duty – Ohio
2017-01 06/16/2016 Part time fire fighter dies following physical fitness training – North Carolina
2017-02 05/05/2016 Volunteer fire fighter dies after suffering heart attack while fighting brush fire – Vermont
2017-03 06/14/2016 Paid-on-call fire fighter suffers heart attack after rescue training – New Hampshire
2017-04 07/24/2016 Volunteer fire fighter suffers medical emergency while fighting brush fire – New Hampshire
2017-05 10/29/2016 Career fire fighter suffers heart attack following work-related injury – Colorado
2017-06 02/22/2017 Volunteer fire fighter killed in tanker rollover – Oklahoma
2017-07 02/24/2017 Volunteer fire fighter traveling to training exercise dies when ejected from FD vehicle on icy road – Iowa
2017-08 02/11/2017 Career fire fighter suffers cardiac arrest while on duty – Iowa
2017-09 03/17/2017 Career fire fighter found unresponsive in quarters following end of shift – Iowa
2017-10 03/15/2017 Two fire fighters struck while directing traffic around dump truck entangled in overhead power lines – Mississippi
2017-11 04/20/2017 Career fire fighter dies after falling from elevated aerial platform – New York
2017-12 02/08/2017 Volunteer fire fighter suffers medical event while driving home from motor vehicle response call – Illinois
2017-13 11/08/2016 Volunteer Fire Chief suffers medical event at scene of truck fire – Indiana
2017-14 05/18/2017 Career fire fighter dies in extreme fire conditions at commercial strip mall – Texas

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