FIGHTING WILDFIRES

Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)

The NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program conducts investigations of fire fighter line-of-duty deaths to formulate recommendations for preventing future deaths and injuries.

Recent FFFIPP reports on fighting wildfires have been listed. For a comprehensive listing of FFFIPP reports, please search the Fatality Investigation Reports .

• Forest Fire Service Fire Fighter Monitoring Prescribed Burn from Roadway is Struck and Killed When Smoke Obscures Visibility Following a Wind Shift - New Jersey, 2013
• Wildland Fire Fighter Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death During Campfire Patrol - New Mexico, 2013
• Volunteer Fire Fighter Dies in Tanker Crash En Route to Grass Fire - Indiana Wildland fire fighter trainee suffers sudden cardiac death during physical fitness exercise - California, 2012
• Wildland fire fighter trainee suffers sudden cardiac death during physical fitness exercise - California, 2012
• Wildland fire fighter dies from hyperthermia and exertional heatstroke while conducting mop-up operations - Texas, 2011
• Volunteer fire fighter dies and three fire fighters are injured during wildland fire - Texas, 2011
• Volunteer fire fighter dies and 5 volunteer fire fighters are injured during wildland urban interface fire - Texas, 2011
• Lieutenant suffers sudden cardiac death during the "Pack Test" - Arizona
• Fire crew supervisor suffers sudden cardiac death during pack test – Wyoming
• Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death while working at a grass fire - Mississippi
• Volunteer fire chief suffers cardiac arrest at brush fire - North Carolina