FIGHTING WILDFIRES
Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP)
The NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program conducts investigations of fire fighter line-of-duty deaths to formulate recommendations for preventing future deaths and injuries.
Recent FFFIPP reports on fighting wildfires have been listed. For a comprehensive listing of FFFIPP reports, please search the Fatality Investigation Reports .
- Forest Fire Service Fire Fighter Monitoring Prescribed Burn from Roadway is Struck and Killed When Smoke Obscures Visibility Following a Wind Shift - New Jersey, 2013
- Wildland Fire Fighter Suffers Sudden Cardiac Death During Campfire Patrol - New Mexico, 2013
- Volunteer Fire Fighter Dies in Tanker Crash En Route to Grass Fire - Indiana Wildland fire fighter trainee suffers sudden cardiac death during physical fitness exercise - California, 2012
- Wildland fire fighter trainee suffers sudden cardiac death during physical fitness exercise - California, 2012
- Wildland fire fighter dies from hyperthermia and exertional heatstroke while conducting mop-up operations - Texas, 2011
- Volunteer fire fighter dies and three fire fighters are injured during wildland fire - Texas, 2011
- Volunteer fire fighter dies and 5 volunteer fire fighters are injured during wildland urban interface fire - Texas, 2011
- Lieutenant suffers sudden cardiac death during the "Pack Test" - Arizona
- Fire crew supervisor suffers sudden cardiac death during pack test – Wyoming
- Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death while working at a grass fire - Mississippi
- Volunteer fire chief suffers cardiac arrest at brush fire - North Carolina
- Page last reviewed: December 4, 2014
- Page last updated: December 4, 2014
- Content source:
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Western States Office