Education – Page 3 – Data Not Drama

2024 Report: Interior Deaths

The number of interior line of duty deaths in 2024 is the second-lowest number on record. The lowest is one in 2017.

Don’t Feel Bad for Loving the Job

Criticizing firefighters for reminiscing about the “old days,” based on the assumption that younger firefighters will abandon reason and education to emulate their predecessors, is insulting to senior firefighters, younger firefighters and department leadership.

Going On 13 Years

Discussion introducing facts helps alleviate the fear while still accepting that what someone else’s department does or does not do is fine by you if you don’t work there.