Also see: NFPA report: "
Firefighter Fatalities in the United States 2015," June 2016
Overall statistics on line-of-duty firefighter fatalities, including non-incident-related deaths. Includes patterns, trends, career vs. volunteer comparisons, and brief narratives on selected incidents.
Also see: NFPA report: "Firefighter Injuries in the United States" November 2015
Statistics on line-of-duty firefighter injuries in 2014 from NFPA’s survey of fire departments – including non-incident-related injuries, trends, and brief narratives on selected incidents.
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On Scene at Fire Incidents
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On Scene at Non-Fire Incidents
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Year
|
Calls
|
Firefighter Fatalities
|
Firefighter Injuries
|
Calls
|
Firefighter
Fatalities
|
Firefighter
Injuries
|
|
1981
|
2,893,500
|
75
|
67,510
|
7,701,000
|
8
|
9,600
|
|
1982
|
2,538,000
|
67
|
61,370
|
8,010,000
|
8
|
9,385
|
|
1983
|
2,326,500
|
60
|
61,740
|
8,606,500
|
12
|
11,105
|
|
1984
|
2,343,000
|
59
|
62,700
|
8,727,000
|
8
|
10,630
|
|
1985
|
2,371,000
|
63
|
61,255
|
9,517,000
|
9
|
12,500
|
|
1986
|
2,271,500
|
48
|
55,990
|
9,618,500
|
6
|
12,545
|
|
1987
|
2,330,000
|
54
|
57,755
|
9,907,500
|
12
|
13,940
|
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1988
|
2,436,500
|
65
|
61,790
|
10,871,500
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10
|
12,325
|
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1989
|
2,115,000
|
59
|
58,250
|
11,294,500
|
6
|
12,580
|
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1990
|
2,019,000
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48
|
57,100
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11,688,500
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17
|
14,200
|
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1991
|
2,041,500
|
53
|
55,830
|
12,515,000
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8
|
15,065
|
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1992
|
1,964,500
|
38
|
52,290
|
12,720,000
|
4
|
14,645
|
|
1993
|
1,952,500
|
34
|
52,885
|
13,366,000
|
8
|
16,675
|
|
1994
|
2,054,500
|
62
|
52,875
|
14,072,500
|
7
|
11,810
|
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1995
|
1,965,500
|
42
|
50,640
|
14,426,000
|
12
|
13,500
|
|
1996
|
1,975,000
|
32
|
45,725
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15,528,000
|
8
|
12,630
|
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1997
|
1,795,000
|
41
|
40,920
|
16,162,500
|
12
|
14,880
|
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1998
|
1,755,500
|
40
|
43,080
|
16,997,500
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15
|
13,960
|
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1999
|
1,823,000
|
57
|
45,550
|
17,844,000
|
10
|
13,565
|
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2000
|
1,708,000
|
39
|
43,065
|
18,812,000
|
9
|
13,660
|
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2001
|
1,734,500
|
378*
|
41,395
|
19,231,000
|
2
|
14,140
|
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2002
|
1,687,500
|
46
|
37,860
|
19,616,000
|
10
|
15,095
|
|
2003
|
1,584,500
|
29
|
38,045
|
20,821,500
|
9
|
13,855
|
|
2004
|
1,550,500
|
30
|
36,880
|
21,066,000
|
9
|
13,150
|
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2005
|
1,602,000
|
25
|
41,950
|
21,649,500
|
4
|
12,250
|
|
2006
|
1,642,500
|
37
|
44,210
|
22,827,500
|
6
|
13,090
|
|
2007
|
1,557,500
|
37
|
38,340
|
23,777,000
|
8
|
15,435
|
|
2008
|
1,451,500
|
29
|
36,595
|
23,801,000
|
11
|
15,745
|
|
2009
|
1,348,500
|
27
|
32,205
|
25,185,500
|
10
|
15,455
|
|
2010
|
1,331,500
|
22
|
32,675
|
26,873,500
|
5
|
13,355
|
|
2011
|
1,389,500
|
30
|
30,505
|
28,708,500
|
5
|
14,905
|
|
2012
|
1,375,000
|
21
|
31,490
|
31,854,000
|
4
|
13,820
|
| 2013 |
1,240,000 |
56
|
29,760 |
30,404,505 |
7 |
12,535 |
| 2014 |
|
22
|
27,015 |
|
9 |
14,595 |
| 2015 |
|
24 |
|
|
10 |
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*This includes 340 firefighters at the World Trade Center, September 11, 2001.
Numbers of calls and firefighter injuries are estimates from NFPA's National Fire Experience Survey.
Numbers of firefighter deaths are taken from the annual NFPA tracking of all firefighter deaths.
Source: Firefighter Fatalities in the United States, Rita F. Fahy, Paul R. LeBlanc, Joseph L. Molis, NFPA, June 2016 and previous reports in the series.
Updated 6/16