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

6

Updated 29 April 2022. Initial report done on 2 February 2021. Total number 116.

Advancing Hoselines (excluding Wildland): 4
5 January 2020: Peculiar, Missouri
9 March 2020: Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania
13 March 2020: Gwinn, Michigan
27 December 2020: Kearneysville, West Virginia

Search and Rescue: 2
18 February: Porterville, California | Porterville, California

Ventilation: 0

Multiple Fatality Incidents: 1
-Advancing Hoselines: 0
-Search and Rescue: 1 (2 victims)
-Ventilation: 0

Advancing Hoselines: 4
Structure
-Residential: 3
– -Single-Family Dwelling: 2
— -Duplex: 1
– -Townhome/Rowhouse:
– -Apartment:
-Commercial: 1 (barn)
– -Rural: 3
– -Suburban:
– -Urban:
Occupants (firefighter fatalities related to structure occupancy)
-Reported/Known: 1
– -Confirmed: 1
-Unknown: 1
Victim’s Company
-Unknown:
-Engine: 3
-Truck (including Quint or Engine acting as a Truck):
-Rescue (including Squad or Rescue Engine acting as Rescue Company):
– -Company Assignment
– – -First Due: 2
– – -Second Due:
– – -Other on Initial Alarm: 2
– – -Other on Later Alarm(s):
Cause of Death
-Caught/Trapped:
-Collapse: 4
–Interior: 2
– Ceiling: 1
—Roof:
—Floor: 1
—-Upper Floor: 1
—-Into Basement:
–Exterior: 2
—Porch Roof: 1
—Barn Beam: 1
Disoriented:
-Upper Floor:
-Basement:
-Unknown:
Nature of Death
-Asphyxiation: 3
-Burns:
-Crushed: 1
-Trauma:
-Unknown:

Search and Rescue: 2
Structure
-Residential:
–Single-Family Dwelling:
–Townhome/Rowhouse:
–Apartment:
–Institutional: 2 (library)
-Commercial:
–Rural:
–Suburban: 2
–Urban:
Occupants (firefighter fatalities related to structure occupancy)
-Reported/Known: 2
–Confirmed: 2* (occupants exiting library upon arrival of fire department, report of handicapped person inside, none found)
-Unknown:
Victim’s Company
-Engine: 2
-Truck (including Quint or Engine acting as a Truck):
-Rescue (including Squad or Rescue Engine acting as Rescue Company):
–Company Assignment:
—First Due: 2
—Second Due:
—Other on Initial Alarm:
—Other on Later Alarm(s):
Cause of Death
-Caught/Trapped:
-Out of Air: 2
-Collapse:
–Interior:
—Roof:
—Floor:
—-Upper Floor:
—-Into Basement:
–Exterior:
Nature of Death
-Asphyxiation: 2
-Trauma:

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:
Nature of Death
-Trauma:
-Unknown: