- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Firefighter Injuries in Structures.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1-2, July 2001
- Distribution
- For more information about Topical Fire Research Series contact: Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/nfdc/tfrs.htm AVAILABLE FROM: U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 16825 South Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Telephone: 301-447-1000. Website: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/
- Keywords
- fire fighters | fire statistics | fire fatalities | structures | injuries
- Identifiers
- 45,500 firefighters were injured at the fire scene in 1999. 85% of these injuries occurred responding to or fighting structure fires; total firefighter injuries and injuries per fire have trended down significantly 10 years; although 72% of firefighter injuries were at one- and two family dwellings, risk of injury to the firefighter is higher at apartment fires-34 injuries per thousand apartment fires versus 28 per thousand one- and two-family structure fires; injury risk is even higher at non-residential structures (44 per thousand fires)