| Event |
Date |
Number of firefighter deaths |
|
The Devil’s Broom Wildland Fire
St. Joe Valley, Idaho
|
August 20, 1910 |
78 |
The Griffith Park Fire Forest Fire
Las Angeles, California |
October 3, 1933 |
29 |
Yarnell Hill Fire
Yarnell, Arizona |
June 30, 2013 |
19 |
Rattlesnake Fire
Mendocino National Forest Fire
Willows, California |
July 6, 1953 |
15 |
Blackwater Forest Fire
Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming |
August 21, 1937 |
15 |
|
Wildland Fire
South Canyon
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
|
July 6, 1994 |
14 |
Mann Gulch Fire
Helena National Forest
Helena, Montana |
August 5, 1949 |
13 |
The Loop Fire Disaster
Forest Fire
Los Angeles, California |
November 1, 1966 |
12 |
Wildland Fire
Hauser Canyon Fire
Cleveland National Forest, California |
October 1, 1943 |
11 |
Wildland Fire
Inaja Fire
Cleveland National Forest, California |
November 24, 1956 |
11 |
Death tolls are based on information in NFPA’s records. Please contact us at osds@nfpa.org to provide any updated information.
Source: NFPA’s Fire Incident Data Organization data base and NFPA archive files.
October 2013
Updated August 2014