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Firefighter Fatality Retrospective Study 1990 - 2000

Firefighter Fatality Retrospective Study 1990 – 2000

USFA Firefighter Fatality Retrospective Study Subject(s): Data and Statistics, Firefighter Casualties, Health and Safety  Media: Manuals and Reports  Read Online/Download: Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (3.0 Mb) Description: This report identifies trends in mortality and examines relationships among data elements on firefighter fatalites between 1990-2000. Using this analysis, better targeted prevention strategies can be […]

Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2001

Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2001

USFA LODD Report Subject(s): Data and Statistics, Firefighter Casualties, Health and Safety  Media: Manuals and Reports  Read Online/Download: Adobe Acrobat (PDF)/ Other Help PDF (977 Kb) , Word (7.4 Mb) Description: The specific objective of this study was to identify all of the on-duty firefighter fatalities that occurred in the United States in 2001. 

Fire in the United States

Fire in the United States

This report provides a statistical overview of fires in the United States and is designed to equip the fire service and others with information that motivates corrective action, sets priorities, targets specific fire programs, serves as a model for State and local analyses of fire data, and provides a baseline for evaluating programs. Fire in […]

USFA Releases 2009 Fire Estimate Summary Series

USFA Releases 2009 Fire Estimate Summary Series

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) United States Fire Administration (USFA) issued the 2009 Fire Estimate Summary Series today which presents basic information on the size and status of the fire problem in the United States as depicted through data collected in USFA’s National Fire Incident Reporting System. The data summary series was developed by […]

Vacant Residential Building Fires Report

Vacant Residential Building Fires Report

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) United States Fire Administration (USFA) issued a special report examining the characteristics of fires in vacant residential buildings. The report, Vacant Residential Building Fires, was developed by USFA’s National Fire Data Center and is further evidence of FEMA’s commitment to sharing information with fire departments and first responders around […]

Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire 1999

Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire 1999

Friday December 3, 2010 marks the 11th anniversary of the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire that resulted in the line of duty death of six courages brother firefighters. For those of you who remember this event, take the time to reflect and honor the sacrifice made this day; to those of you who have not […]