Subject to change based on USFA, news, department, and investigation information
Excludes non-traumatic deaths
10
As of 3 February 2023. Total number 90.
Advancing Hoselines (excluding Wildland): 5
11 February: Macon-Bibb County, GA
9 March: Clearfield County, PA
12 April: Valley Springs, SD (NIOSH report)
19 December: Saugerties, NY (NIOSH report)
28 December: Hamilton, OH (NIOSH report)
Search and Rescue: 2
26 March: Cincinnati, OH (NIOSH report)
14 December: Chicago, IL (NIOSH report)
Ventilation: 1
28 June: Denver, CO (NIOSH report)
Setup: 2
12 October: Kansas City, MO | Kansas City, MO (NIOSH report) (department report)
Victims operating in an alley when a collapse occurred.
Multiple Fatality Incidents: 1
Two killed in Kansas City, MO
Advancing Hoselines: 5
Structure
-Residential: 5
– -Single-Family Dwelling: 5
– -Duplex:
– -Townhome/Rowhouse:
– -Apartment:
– – -Abandoned:
-Commercial:
– – Strip mall:
– Rural: 3
– Suburban: 2
– Urban:
Occupants (firefighter fatalities related to structure occupancy)
-Reported/Known: 1
– -Confirmed Inside:
Outside Upon Arrival: 1
-Unknown: 3
Victim’s Company
-Unknown: 1
-Engine: 3
-Truck (including Quint or Engine acting as a Truck):
-Rescue (including Squad or Rescue Engine acting as Rescue Company): 1
– -Company Assignment
– – -First Due: 2 (* 1, Quint first arriving)
– – -Second Due:
– – -Other on Initial Alarm: 2
– – -Other on Later Alarm(s):
Cause of Death
-Caught/Trapped:
-Collapse: 3
–Interior: 2
—Roof:
—Floor: 2
—-Upper Floor:
—-Into Basement: 2
—Ceiling:
–Exterior: 1
–Porch: 1
Disoriented/Lost: 1
– Main/Only floor:
-Upper Floor:
-Basement: 1
-Unknown:
Fall: 1 (* incident details state victim fell into basement after first floor collapsed)
– into Basement: 1
Nature of Death
-Asphyxiation: 4
-Burns:
-Crushed: 1
-Trauma:
-Unknown:
Search and Rescue: 2
Structure
-Residential: 1
–Single-Family Dwelling:
–Townhome/Rowhouse:
–Apartment: 1
–Institutional:
-Commercial: 1
–Rural:
–Suburban:
–Urban: 2
Occupants (firefighter fatalities related to structure occupancy)
-Reported/Known: 1
–Confirmed: 1
Outside Upon Arrival:
-Unknown:
Victim’s Company
-Engine:
-Truck (including Quint or Engine acting as a Truck): 1
-Rescue (including Squad or Rescue Engine acting as Rescue Company):
–Company Assignment:
—First Due:
—Second Due: 1 (* Second Truck Company on Still Alarm)
—Other on Initial Alarm:
—Other on Later Alarm(s): 1 (* Rescue Company on second-alarm)
Cause of Death
-Caught/Trapped:
-Collapse:
–Interior:
—Roof:
—Floor:
—-Upper Floor:
—-Into Basement:
–Exterior:
Fall: 2
Nature of Death
-Asphyxiation:
-Trauma: 2
Ventilation: 1
Structure
-Residential:
–Single-Family Dwelling:
–Townhome/Rowhouse:
–Apartment:
-Commercial: 1
–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): 1
-Rescue (including Squad or Rescue Engine acting as Rescue Company):
–Company Assignment:
—First Due:
—Second Due:
—Other on Initial Alarm: 1 (* Third Truck Company 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: 1
Nature of Death
-Trauma: 1
-Unknown:
Source:
United States Fire Administration
Local news reports
Fire department/investigation reports