- Author
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Karter, M. J., Jr.
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LeBlanc, P. R.
- Title
- Firefighter Injuries, 1998.
- Journal
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NFPA Journal,
Vol. 93,
No. 6,
46-52,54-56,
November/December 1999
- Keywords
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fire statistics
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injuries
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fire fighters
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case histories
- Identifiers
- firefighter injuries at the fireground and at nonfire emergencies, 1988-1998; firefighter injuries by nature of injury and type of duty, 1998; definition of terms; fire department vehicle accidents and resulting firefighter injuries while responding to or returning from incidents, 1990-1998; average number of firefighter injuries and injuries requiring hospitalization per department, by population of community protected for all types of duty, 1998; average number of fires, fireground injuries, and injury rates by population of community protected, 1998; average number of fires and fireground injuries per department and injuries per 100 fires, by populaiton of community and region, 1998; total firefighter injuries by year, 1989-1998; firefighter injuries by type of duty 1998; fireground injuries by cause, 1998; how we got our data; selected incidents