Inside 2022 Numbers

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

9

Updated 14 December 2022.

Advancing Hoselines (excluding Wildland): 7
6 January : Los Angeles County, CA (incident audio)
13 January: St. Louis, MO
24 January: Baltimore, MD | Baltimore, MD | Baltimore, MD (incident audio)
24 April: New York, NY
18 June: Philadelphia, PA (incident audio Part 1 | Part 2)
7 December: West Penn Township, PA | West Penn Township, PA (incident audio)

Search and Rescue: 0

Ventilation: 0

Multiple Fatality Incidents: 2
-Advancing Hoselines: 2 (3 victims); (2 victims)
-Search and Rescue: 0
-Ventilation: 0

Advancing Hoselines: 8
Structure
-Residential: 8
– -Single-Family Dwelling: 3
– -Duplex: 1
– -Townhome/Rowhouse: 0
– -Apartment: 0
– – -Abandoned: 4
-Commercial: 1
– – Restaurant (first floor, residential on second and third floors)
– Rural: 2
– Suburban: 1
– Urban: 6
Occupants (firefighter fatalities related to structure occupancy)
-Reported/Known: 7
– -Confirmed: 2
Outside Upon Arrival: 1
-Unknown: 5
Victim’s Company
-Unknown: 2
-Engine: 4
-Truck (including Quint or Engine acting as a Truck): 3
-Rescue (including Squad or Rescue Engine acting as Rescue Company): 0
– -Company Assignment
– – -First Due: 5
– – -Second Due: 2*
– – -Other on Initial Alarm: 2
– – -Other on Later Alarm(s): 0
(* listed 2nd due but 1st arriving)
Cause of Death
-Caught/Trapped: 2
-Collapse: 6*
–Interior: 6
—Roof: 1
—Floor: 4
—-Upper Floor: 4
—-Into Basement: 0
—Ceiling: 1*
–Exterior: 0
Disoriented: 0
-Upper Floor: 0
-Basement: 0
-Unknown: 1*
* Cause of Death listed by USFA as Unknown. Incident details state Collapse.
Nature of Death
-Burns: 0
-Crushed: 1
-Trauma: 7
-Unknown: 1

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

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

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

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