Subject to change based on USFA, news, department, and investigation information
Excludes non-traumatic deaths

4 (5%)

Total on-duty deaths: 70 as of 9 November 2025.

Advancing Hoselines (excluding Wildland): 2
12 February: Binghamton, New York
8 September: DeKalb County, Georgia (Cause and nature of death unknown. Details pending)

Search and Rescue: 1
27 January: Honolulu, Hawaii

Ventilation: 0

Salvage and Overhaul: 1
23 April: Chicago, Illinois

Multiple Fatality Incidents: 0

Advancing Hoselines: 2
Structure
-Residential:
– -Single-Family Dwelling:
– -Duplex:
– -Townhome/Rowhouse:
– -Apartment:
– – -Abandoned:
-Commercial: 2
– Rural:
– Suburban:
– Urban:
Occupants (firefighter fatalities related to structure occupancy)
-Reported/Known:
– -Confirmed:
Outside Upon Arrival:
-Unknown:
Victim’s Company
-Unknown:
-Engine:
-Truck (including Quint or Engine acting as a Truck):
-Rescue (including Squad or Rescue Engine acting as Rescue Company):
– -Company Assignment
– – -First Due:
– – -Second Due:
– – -Other on Initial Alarm:
– – -Other on Later Alarm(s):
Cause of Death
-Caught/Trapped: 1
-Collapse:
–Interior:
—Roof:
—Floor:
—-Upper Floor:
—-Into Basement:
—Ceiling:
–Exterior:
Disoriented:
-Upper Floor:
-Basement:
Exposure:
Unknown: 1
Nature of Death
-Burns:
-Crushed:
-Trauma: 1
-Unknown: 1

Search and Rescue: 1
Structure
-Residential: 1
–Single-Family Dwelling:
–Townhome/Rowhouse:
–Apartment: 1
–Institutional:
-Commercial:
–Rural:
–Suburban:
–Urban: 1
Occupants (firefighter fatalities related to structure occupancy)
-Reported/Known:
–Confirmed:
-Unknown:
Victim’s Company
-Engine:
-Truck (including Quint or Engine acting as a Truck):
-Rescue (including Squad or Rescue Engine acting as Rescue Company):
–Company Assignment:
—First Due:
—Second Due:
—Other on Initial Alarm:
—Other on Later Alarm(s):
Cause of Death
-Caught/Trapped:
-Collapse:
–Interior:
—Roof:
—Floor
—-Upper Floor:
—-Into Basement:
–Exterior:
-Unknown+: 1
Nature of Death
-Trauma:
-Unknown: 1

Ventilation: 0
Structure
-Residential:
–Single-Family Dwelling:
–Townhome/Rowhouse:
–Apartment:
-Commercial:
–Rural:
–Suburban:
–Urban:
Occupants (firefighter fatalities related to structure occupancy)
-Reported/Known:
–Confirmed:
-Unknown:
Victim’s Company
-Engine:
-Truck (including Quint or Engine acting as a Truck):
-Rescue (including Squad or Rescue Engine acting as Rescue Company):
–Company Assignment:
—First Due:
—Second Due:
—Other on Initial Alarm:
—Other on Later Alarm(s):
Cause of Death
-Collapse:
–Interior:
—Roof:
—Floor:
—-Upper Floor:
—-Into Basement:
–Exterior:
Disoriented:
-Upper Floor:
-Basement:
Fall:
Nature of Death
-Trauma:
-Unknown:

Source:
United States Fire Administration
Local news reports
Fire department/investigation reports