Firefighter activities, injuries, and deaths
Also see: NFPA report: "Firefighter Fatalities in the United States 2012" (PDF, 151 KB) June 2013
Overall statistics on line-of-duty firefighter fatalities in 2012, including non-incident-related deaths. Includes patterns, trends, career vs. volunteer comparisons, and brief narratives on selected incidents.
Also see: NFPAs report: "Firefighter Injuries in the United States" October 2012
Statistics on line-of-duty firefighter injuries in 2011 from NFPA’s survey of fire departments – including non-incident-related injuries, trends, and brief narratives on selected incidents.
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On scene at non-fire incidents |
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| Year |
Calls |
Firefighter deaths |
Firefighter injuries |
Calls |
Firefighter deaths |
Firefighter injuries |
| 1981 |
2,893,500 |
75 |
67,510 |
7,701,000 |
8 |
9,600 |
| 1982 |
2,538,000 |
67 |
61,370 |
8,010,000 |
8 |
9,385 |
| 1983 |
2,326,500 |
60 |
61,740 |
8,606,500 |
12 |
11,105 |
| 1984 |
2,343,000 |
59 |
62,700 |
8,727,000 |
8 |
10,630 |
| 1985 |
2,371,000 |
63 |
61,255 |
9,517,000 |
9 |
12,500 |
| 1986 |
2,271,500 |
48 |
55,990 |
9,618,500 |
6 |
12,545 |
| 1987 |
2,330,000 |
54 |
57,755 |
9,907,500 |
12 |
13,940 |
| 1988 |
2,436,500 |
65 |
61,790 |
10,871,500 |
10 |
12,325 |
| 1989 |
2,115,000 |
59 |
58,250 |
11,294,500 |
6 |
12,580 |
| 1990 |
2,019,000 |
48 |
57,100 |
11,688,500 |
17 |
14,200 |
| 1991 |
2,041,500 |
53 |
55,830 |
12,515,000 |
8 |
15,065 |
| 1992 |
1,964,500 |
38 |
52,290 |
12,720,000 |
4 |
14,645 |
| 1993 |
1,952,500 |
34 |
52,885 |
13,366,000 |
8 |
16,675 |
| 1994 |
2,054,500 |
62 |
52,875 |
14,072,500 |
7 |
11,810 |
| 1995 |
1,965,500 |
42 |
50,640 |
14,426,000 |
12 |
13,500 |
| 1996 |
1,975,000 |
32 |
45,725 |
15,528,000 |
8 |
12,630 |
| 1997 |
1,795,000 |
41 |
40,920 |
16,162,500 |
12 |
14,880 |
| 1998 |
1,755,500 |
40 |
43,080 |
16,997,500 |
15 |
13,960 |
| 1999 |
1,823,000 |
56 |
45,550 |
17,844,000 |
10 |
13,565 |
| 2000 |
1,708,000 |
39 |
43,065 |
18,812,000 |
8 |
13,660 |
| 2001 |
1,734,500 |
378* |
41,395 |
19,231,000 |
2 |
14,140 |
| 2002 |
1,687,500 |
46 |
37,860 |
19,616,000 |
10 |
15,095 |
| 2003 |
1,584,500 |
29 |
38,045 |
20,821,500 |
9 |
14,550 |
| 2004 |
1,550,500 |
30 |
36,880 |
21,066,000 |
9 |
13,150 |
| 2005 |
1,602,000 |
25 |
41,950 |
21,649,500 |
4 |
12,250 |
| 2006 |
1,642,500 |
37 |
44,210 |
22,827,500 |
6 |
13,090 |
| 2007 |
1,557,500 |
37 |
38,340 |
23,777,000 |
8 |
15,435 |
| 2008 |
1,451,500 |
29 |
36,595 |
23,801,000 |
11 |
15,745 |
| 2009 |
1,348,500 |
27 |
32,205 |
25,186,000 |
10 |
15,455 |
| 2010 |
1,331,500 |
22 |
32,675 |
26,873,500 |
5 |
13,355 |
| 2011 |
1,389,500 |
30 |
30,505 |
28,708,500 |
5 |
14,905 |
| 2012 |
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21 |
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4 |
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* Includes 340 firefighters at the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001.
Numbers of calls and firefighter injuries are estimates from NFPA's National Fire Experience Survey. Numbers of firefighter deaths are taken from the annual NFPA tracking all of firefighter deaths.
Source: NFPA's "Firefighter Injuries in the United States," Michael J. Karter, Jr. and Joseph L. Molis, October 2012, and NFPA's "Firefighter Fatalities in the United States 2012," Rita F. Fahy, Paul R. LeBlanc and Joseph L. Molis, June 2012, and previous reports in the series.
Update: 6/13