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

10

Total on-duty deaths: 85, as of 6 January 2024.

Advancing Hoselines (excluding Wildland): 9
1 March: Buffalo, NY
26 May: Columbia, SC
27 June: Leonardtown, MD
* 5 July: Newark, NJ | Newark, NJ fire inside a cargo ship (Lost/Trauma)
19 July: Memphis, TN
28 August: Chicago, IL
19 October: Baltimore, MD | 25 October: Baltimore, MD

Search and Rescue: 0

Ventilation: 1
* 13 November: Chicago, IL (fell through skylight, USFA lists as Advancing Hoselines)

Multiple Fatality Incidents: 1
5 July: Newark, NJ | Newark, NJ fire inside a cargo ship (Lost/Trauma)
19 October: Baltimore, MD | Baltimore, MD overcome during a fire in a rowhome (Exposure/Trauma)

Advancing Hoselines: 7
Structure
-Residential: 7
– -Single-Family Dwelling: 3
– -Duplex:
– -Townhome/Rowhouse: 2
– -Apartment: 1
– – -Abandoned:
-Commercial: 1
– Rural: 1
– Suburban: 1
– Urban: 5
Occupants (firefighter fatalities related to structure occupancy)
-Reported/Known:
– -Confirmed:
Outside Upon Arrival: 1
-Unknown: 6
Victim’s Company
-Unknown:
-Engine: 6
-Truck (including Quint or Engine acting as a Truck): 3
-Rescue (including Squad or Rescue Engine acting as Rescue Company):
– -Company Assignment
– – -First Due:
– – -Second Due:
– – -Other on Initial Alarm: 6
– – -Other on Later Alarm(s):
Cause of Death
-Caught/Trapped: 2(1 Buffalo, probable interior collapse)
-Collapse: 3
–Interior: 2 (Columbia, S.C.)
—Roof:
—Floor:
—-Upper Floor:
—-Into Basement: 1 (Leonardtown, MD)
—Ceiling:
–Exterior:
Disoriented:
-Upper Floor:
-Basement:
Exposure: 2
Unknown: 1
Nature of Death
-Burns:
-Crushed: 1
-Trauma: 6
-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:
Nature of Death
-Trauma:

Ventilation: 1
Structure
-Residential:
–Single-Family Dwelling:
–Townhome/Rowhouse:
–Apartment:
-Commercial: 1
–Rural:
–Suburban:
–Urban: 1 *(fell through skylight, USFA lists as Advancing Hoselines)
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
—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