- Author
- Karter, M. J., Jr. | Molis, J. L.
- Title
- U. S. Firefighter Injuries, 2006.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Report
- NFPA FF106, November 2007, 29 p.
- Keywords
- fire fighters | fire statistics | injuries | exposure | fire departments | surveys
- Identifiers
- injury rates; fireground; non-fire emergencies; type of duty; cause of injury; collisions; community size
- Abstract
- NFPA estimates that 83,400 firefighter injuries occurred in the line of duty in 2006, an increase of 4.1% from the year before. Over half (53.0%) of the all firefighter injuries occurred during fireground operations. An estimated 13,690 occurring during other on duty activities, while 13,090 occurred at non-fire emergency incidents. The leading type of injury received during fireground operations was strain, sprain or muscular pain (46.7%), followed by wound, cut, bleeding, bruise (17.3%). Regionally, the Northeast had the highest fireground injury rate, more than twice the rate for the rest of the country.