Every year the NFPA collects information on firefighter deaths while on-duty.  On-duty fatalities include injuries that turn fatal, fatal mishaps involving non-emergency occupational hazards and illnesses that  were a result of an action that took place while on duty.   For the first time in 3 years on- the -job firefighter deaths has dropped below 100.  In 2009,  it was reported that 82 firefighters were killed which is a big drop from  2008, which reported 105 deaths.   

“While a drop over one year certainly isn’t enough to show a trend, it is definitely encouraging to see the number of firefighter fatalities drop well below that 10-year average,” said Rita Fahy, NFPA’s manager of fire databases and systems. “We are hopeful that we will continue to see fewer and fewer firefighter fatalities over the next 10 years.”

To read more on this article and view the full report visit NFPA. This annual report clearly shows the risks to our nation’s firefighters.

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