Current 2026 Inside Numbers

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

1 (0%)

Total on-duty deaths: 4 (16*) as of 19 April 2026.

*During the partial federal government shutdown and based on previous on-duty deaths listed by the USFA with similar activity types and cause and nature of death, and on the information available at the time of these deaths

Advancing Hoselines (excluding Wildland): 0

Search and Rescue: 0

Ventilation: 0

Multiple Fatality Incidents: 0

Advancing Hoselines: 0
Structure
-Residential:
– -Single-Family Dwelling:
– -Duplex:
– -Townhome/Rowhouse:
– -Apartment:
– – -Abandoned:
-Commercial:
– 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:
-Collapse:
–Interior:
—Roof:
—Floor:
—-Upper Floor:
—-Into Basement:
—Ceiling:
–Exterior:
Disoriented:
-Upper Floor:
-Basement:
Exposure:
Unknown:
Nature of Death
-Burns:
-Crushed:
-Trauma:
-Unknown:

Search and Rescue:
Structure
-Residential:
–Single-Family Dwelling:
–Townhome/Rowhouse:
–Apartment:
–Institutional:
-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
-Caught/Trapped:
-Collapse:
–Interior:
—Roof:
—Floor
—-Upper Floor:
—-Into Basement:
–Exterior:
-Unknown+:
Nature of Death
-Trauma:
-Unknown:

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