|
Year
|
Total
|
Firefighting,
Fireground
|
Responding
Returning
|
On Scene at
Non-Fire Calls
|
Training
|
Other
On-Duty
|
|
1977
|
157
|
78 (49.7%)
|
41 (26.1%)
|
14 (8.9%)
|
10 (6.4%)
|
14 (8.9%)
|
|
1978
|
174
|
84 (48.3%)
|
48 (27.6%)
|
20 (11.5%)
|
5 (2.9%)
|
17 (9.8%)
|
|
1979
|
126
|
83 (65.9%)
|
21 (16.7%)
|
9 (7.1%)
|
3 (2.4%)
|
10 (7.9%)
|
|
1980
|
138
|
74 (53.6%)
|
37 (26.8%)
|
9 (6.5%)
|
4 (2.9%)
|
14 (10.1%)
|
|
1981
|
136
|
75 (55.1%)
|
35 (25.7%)
|
8 (5.9%)
|
7 (5.1%)
|
11 (8.1%)
|
|
1982
|
128
|
67 (52.3%)
|
40 (31.3%)
|
8 (6.3%)
|
6 (4.7%)
|
7 (5.5%)
|
|
1983
|
114
|
61 (53.5%)
|
26 (22.8%)
|
12 (10.5%)
|
4 (3.5%)
|
11 (9.6%)
|
|
1984
|
119
|
59 (49.6%)
|
37 (31.1%)
|
8 (6.7%)
|
3 (2.5%)
|
12 (10.1%)
|
|
1985
|
128
|
63 (49.2%)
|
33 (25.8%)
|
9 (7.0%)
|
6 (4.7%)
|
17 (13.3%)
|
|
1986
|
119
|
48 (40.3%)
|
42 (35.3%)
|
6 (5.0%)
|
6 (5.0%)
|
17 (14.3%)
|
|
1987
|
132
|
54 (40.9%)
|
37 (28.0%)
|
12 (9.1%)
|
17 (12.9%)
|
12 (9.1%)
|
|
1988
|
136
|
65 (47.8%)
|
39 (28.7%)
|
10 (7.4%)
|
11 (8.1%)
|
11 (8.1%)
|
|
1989
|
118
|
59 (50.0%)
|
29 (24.6%)
|
6 (5.1%)
|
12 (10.2%)
|
12 (10.2%)
|
|
1990
|
108
|
48 (44.4%)
|
24 (22.2%)
|
17 (15.7%)
|
8 (7.4%)
|
11 (10.2%)
|
|
1991
|
108
|
53 (49.1%)
|
26 (24.1%)
|
8 (7.4%)
|
14 (13.0%)
|
7 (6.5%)
|
|
1992
|
75
|
38 (50.7%)
|
21 (28.0%)
|
4 (5.3%)
|
5 (8.0%)
|
7 (8.0%)
|
|
1993
|
80
|
35 (43.8%)
|
21 (26.3%)
|
8 (10.0%)
|
7 (8.8%)
|
9 (11.3%)
|
|
1994
|
106
|
62 (58.5%)
|
19 (17.9%)
|
7 (6.6%)
|
7 (6.6%)
|
11 (10.4%)
|
|
1995
|
98
|
42 (42.9%)
|
32 (32.7%)
|
12 (12.2%)
|
4 (4.1%)
|
8 (8.2%)
|
|
1996
|
96
|
32 (33.3%)
|
32 (33.3%)
|
8 (8.3%)
|
8 (8.3%)
|
16 (16.7%)
|
|
1997
|
99
|
41 (41.4%)
|
27 (27.3%)
|
12 (12.1%)
|
7 (7.1%)
|
12 (12.1%)
|
|
1998
|
91
|
40 (44.0%)
|
17 (18.7%)
|
15 (16.5%)
|
11 (12.1%)
|
8 (8.8%)
|
|
1999
|
114
|
57 (50.0%)
|
32 (28.1%)
|
11 (9.6%)
|
4 (3.5%)
|
10 (8.8%)
|
|
2000
|
104
|
39 (37.5%)
|
24 (23.1%)
|
9 (8.7%)
|
14 (13.5%)
|
18 (17.3%)
|
|
2001*
|
443
|
38* (36.9%)
|
26 (25.2%)
|
2 (1.9%)
|
12 (11.7%)
|
25 (24.3%)
|
|
2002
|
98
|
46 (46.9%)
|
19 (19.4%)
|
10 (12.2%)
|
11 (11.2%)
|
12 (12.2%)
|
|
2003
|
107
|
29 (27.1%)
|
38 (35.5%)
|
9 (8.4%)
|
12 (11.2%)
|
19 (17.8%)
|
|
2004
|
104
|
30 (28.8%)
|
36 (34.6%)
|
9 (8.7%)
|
12 (11.5%)
|
17 (16.3%)
|
|
2005
|
87
|
25 (28.7%)
|
26 (29.9%)
|
4 (4.6%)
|
11 (12.6%)
|
21 (24.1%)
|
|
2006
|
90
|
37 (41.1%)
|
19 (21.1%)
|
6 (6.7%)
|
8 (8.9%)
|
20 (22.2%)
|
|
2007
|
106
|
37 (34.9%)
|
31 (29.2%)
|
8 (7.5%)
|
13 (12.3%)
|
17 (16.0%)
|
|
2008
|
106
|
29 (27.4%)
|
40 (37.7%)
|
11 (10.4%)
|
8 (7.5%)
|
18 (17.0%)
|
|
2009
|
82
|
27 (32.9%)
|
20 (24.4%)
|
10 (12.2%)
|
11 (13.4%)
|
14 (17.1%)
|
|
2010
|
73
|
22 (30.1%)
|
18 (24.7%)
|
5 (6.8%)
|
11 (15.1%)
|
17 (23.3%)
|
|
2011
|
61
|
30(49.2%)
|
10 (16.4%)
|
5 (8.2%)
|
6 (9.8%)
|
10 (16.4%)
|
|
2012
|
64
|
21(33.0%)
|
19 (30.0%)
|
4 (6.0%)
|
8 (13.0%)
|
12 (19.0%)
|
| 2013 |
98 |
57 (58.2%) |
17 (17.3%) |
7 (7.1%) |
7 (7.1%) |
10 (10.2%) |
2014
|
64 |
22 (34.4%) |
11 (17.2%) |
9 (14.1%) |
8 (12.5%) |
14 (21.9%) |
| 2015 |
68 |
24 (35.3%) |
11 (16.2%) |
10 (14.7%) |
9 (13.2%) |
14 (20.6%) |
| 2016 |
69 |
15 (21.7%) |
17 (24.6%) |
10 (14.4%) |
10 (14.4%) |
17 (24.6%) |
| 2017 |
60 |
17 (28.3%) |
9 (15.0%) |
11 (18.3%) |
10 (16.7%) |
13 (21.7%) |
| 2018 |
65 |
25 (38.5%) |
10 (15.4%) |
6 (9.2%) |
11 (16.9%) |
13 (20.0%) |
| 2019 |
48 |
13 (27.1%) |
9 (18.8%) |
9 (18.8%) |
5 (10.4%) |
12 (25.0%) |
These figures are based on NFPA's annual tracking of all firefighter deaths.
Some figures have been updated since the publication of the reports for those years.
*Percentage breakdowns do not include the 340 fireground deaths at the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001.
Source: Firefighter Fatalities in the United States, Rita F. Fahy, Jay T. Petrillo, and Joseph L. Molis, NFPA, June 2020 and previous reports in the series.
Updated 7/20