- Author
- Balanoff, T.
- Title
- Fire Fighter Mortality Report. Final Report.
- Coporate
- International Assocation of Fire Fighters, Washington, DC
- Sponsor
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Report
- NBS GCR 76-60, March 1976, 171 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- GRANT-435909 PROJECT-NO.-4901200
- Keywords
- fatalities | fire fighters | fire investigations
- Abstract
- This 15-month study involved the investigation of 101 fire fighters in-the-line of duty deaths. The breakdown of cause of death was: 45 heart attacks, 13 building collapse, 12 burns, 9 smoke inhalations, 6 apparatus accidents, 5 electrocutions, and 1 equipment failure