- Author
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Title
- Firefighter Injuries.
- Coporate
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emmitsburg, MD
- Journal
- Topical Fire Research Series, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1-4, 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 | injuries
- Identifiers
- 45,500 firefighters were injured on the fireground in 1999, twice that of civilians injured in fires; 10-year trends show that firefighter injuries are decreasing; 85% of firefighter injuries occurred at structure fires, mostly residential structures; risk of injury to firefighters is twice as great at non-residential structure fires than at residential fires; 44% of firefighter injuries were either sprains/strains or bleeding/bruises/cuts/wounds