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NFPA estimates that 79,700 firefighter injuries occurred in the line of duty in 2008. Nearly half (45.9%) of the all firefighter injuries occurred during fireground operations. An estimated 14,250 occurred during other on duty activities, while 15,745 occurred at nonfire emergency incidents.
Between 2006 and 2008, an estimated 81,070 firefighter injuries occurred annually. Of this number, 39,715 occurred on the fireground and 4,880 occurred while responding/returning from an incident. The majority of fire-related firefighter injuries (87 percent) occur in structure fires.
One firefighter died in 2008 from injuries sustained in a 1999 incident, bringing that year’s total to 114. Information about this death in Massachusetts is
Firefighting is dangerous work. Each year, approximately 80,000 firefighters are injured and about 100 firefighters lose their lives in the line of duty. Firefighters face multiple dangers...
- More than 20,700 people died, and more than 70,000 were injured in fires. - There are an average of 20.8 incidents per 1,000 inhabitants (fires - 1.2). - 0.6 fire deaths and 2.1 injuries were registered per 100,000 inhabitants. - For every 100 fires, there were 0.5 deaths and 1.8 injuries.
This NFPA report includes annual average estimates of injuries by such factors as type of injury, type of activity at time of injury, and more.
5 Μαΐ 2013 · Lost-time injury rates varied markedly among fire departments, from 0.6 (95% CI 0.4–0.9) to 23.5 (95% CI 22.4–22.7) injuries per 100 firefighters per year.
