- Author
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Karter, M. J., Jr.
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LeBlanc, P. R.
- Title
- U.S. Fire Fighter Injuries, 1997.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
Boston Fire Dept., MA
- Journal
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NFPA Journal,
Vol. 92,
No. 6,
48-56,
November/December 1998
- Keywords
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fire statistics
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fire losses
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injuries
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death
- Identifiers
- firefighter injuries at the fireground and at nonfire emergencies, 1988-1987; total firefighter injuries by year (1988-1997); firefighter injuries by nature of injury and type of duty, 1997; fire department vehicle accidents and resulting firefighter injuries while responding to or returning from incidents, 1990-1997; firefighter injuries by type of duty, 1997; average number of firefighter injuries and injuries requiring hospitalization per department, by population of community protected for all types of duty, 1997; average number of fire, fireground injuries, and injury rates by population of community protected, 1997; fireground injuries by cause, 1997; average number of fires and fireground injuries per department and injuries per 100 fires, by population of community and region, 1997