- Author
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Karter, M. J., Jr.
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Molis, J. L.
- Title
- U. S. Firefighter Injuries, 2008.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
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NFPA FF108
October 2009
28 p.
- Keywords
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fire fighters
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fire statistics
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injuries
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death
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exposure
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emergencies
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fire fighting
- Identifiers
- fireground operations; injury rates; non-fire emergencies; type of duty; cause of injury; collisions; community size
- Abstract
- NFPA estimates that 79,700 firefighter injuries occurred in the line of duty in 2008. Nearly half (45.9%) of the all firefighter injuries occurred during fireground operations. An estimated 14,250 occurred during other on duty activities, while 15,745 occurred at nonfire emergency incidents. The leading type of injury received during fireground operations was strain, sprain or muscular pain (48.8%), followed by wound, cut, bleeding, bruise (15.6%). Regionally, the Northeast had the highest fireground injury rate, more than twice the rate for the rest of the country. The report includes statistics on line-of-duty firefighter injuries in 2008 from NFPA's survey of fire departments - including non-incident-related injuries, trends, and brief narratives on selected incidents