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Category Archives: Firefighting

On-Duty Deaths Under Search, 2011 – 2016

2.5%, were firefighters who died while searching for life inside a burning structure. 

Posted byData Not DramaJune 16, 2021Posted inFirefighting, Line of Duty DeathsTags:Bill Carey, Data, Firefighting, United States Fire Administration1 Comment on On-Duty Deaths Under Search, 2011 – 2016

On-Duty Deaths and Advancing Hoselines, 2016

This nine is a very small number that can be realized even smaller.

Posted byData Not DramaJune 16, 2021Posted inFirefighting, Line of Duty DeathsTags:Bill Carey, Firefighting, Line of Duty Deaths, United States Fire Administration1 Comment on On-Duty Deaths and Advancing Hoselines, 2016

“Killing Hundreds of Firefighters!”

Don’t be guided by fear-mongering and assumptions.

Posted byData Not DramaJune 12, 2021December 31, 2022Posted inFirefighting, Line of Duty DeathsTags:Bill Carey, Fatalities, Firefighting, Line of Duty Deaths, United States Fire AdministrationLeave a comment on “Killing Hundreds of Firefighters!”

Death During Search, 2010 to Present, Part III

Four victims died due to burn injuries where penciling was being done by their nozzle team or the nozzle team of another engine company.

Posted byData Not DramaJune 11, 2021June 11, 2021Posted inFirefighting, Line of Duty DeathsTags:Bill Carey, Data, Firefighting, Line of Duty Deaths, United States Fire AdministrationLeave a comment on Death During Search, 2010 to Present, Part III

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