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Annual Report on Firefighter Fatalities in the United States

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The objective of the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) study “Firefighter Fatalities in the United States” is to identify and analyze all on-duty firefighter fatalities to increase understanding of their causes and how they can be prevented. The study is intended to help identify approaches that could reduce the number of deaths in future years.

On-duty firefighter deaths in 2022

38 career

49 volunteer

7 wildland

94	Firefighters died while on duty. 6 firefighters died from COVID-19.
62	Firefighters died from activities related to an emergency incident.
17	Firefighters died from activities at a non-fire scene.
35	Firefighters died from activities at a fire scene.
33	Firefighters died from heart attacks.
14	Firefighters died while responding to or returning from emergency incidents.
9	Firefighters died while participating in training activities.

Firefighter fatality causes (2022)

Cause	Fatalities
Stress or overexertion	37
Vehicle collisions	17
Struck by object	10
Caught or trapped	8
All others	22
Unknown	7
Collapse	6
Exposure (COVID-19)	6
Fall	2
Other	1

On-duty firefighter fatalities (2013-2022)

Does not include COVID-19 fatalities for purposes of trend analysis

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	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Firefighter fatalities	110	97	90	92	93	85	65	66	78	88


< 21	2
21-25	6
26-30	5
31-35	11
36-40	9
41-45	4
46-50	14
51-55	12
56-60	14
61-65	7
66-70	6
71-75	1
> 75	3

1986-2022 annual firefighter fatality reports

Important: Please read the introduction for each report to understand how determinations to include on-duty firefighters are made.

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