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Friday, November 20, 2009

USFA Releases 2008 LODD Analysis

The U.S. Fire Administration recently released its report, "Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2008," the latest in a series of annual studies of on-duty firefighter fatalities. The Firefighter Fatalities series aims to identify all on-duty firefighter fatalities that occurred in the United States and its protectorates during the calendar year and to present in summary narrative form the circumstances surrounding each occurrence. In 2008, 118 firefighters died while on duty: 66 volunteer, 34 career, and 18 wildland agency firefighters. There were five firefighter fatality incidents where two or more firefighters were killed, for a total of 18 fatalities. ...

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