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Analysis Report on Fire Fighter Fatalities in 1987
For more than a decade, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has developed the most complete records on U.S. fire fighter fatalities - both in breadth of coverage and depth of detail - of any organization. This data base has been used to support the fatality studies produced each year by NFPA since 1974. Over the past seven years, NFPA also has worked with FEMA's U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) to provide, in a timely manner, lists of fire fighter fatalities and their next of kin to support the National Fire Academy's annual Fire Fighter Memorial Service. Under the present contract, NFPA has provided the USFA with lists, both hand lettered and typed, of 1987 fire fighter fatalities and with a list of names and addresses of next of kin and of fire department chiefs for use in the Memorial Service in October 1988. In August, a briefing on the 1987 experience and three special analyses was presented by NFPA staff to USFA staff in Emmitsburg, MD. Through the briefing and analysis, this contact continued the trend toward more extensive analysis of patterns and trends in specific parts of the fire fighter fatality problem. With over a decade of experience now classified in a computer data base, NFPA is able to provide increasingly detailed and focused examinations of the specific parts of the problem addressable by particular strategies. The purpose of this study is to analyze the circumstances surrounding fire fighter fatalities in the United States in 1987 in attempt to identify potential means for reducing the number of deaths that occur each year.
Analysis Report on Fire Fighter Fatalities in 1987
For more than a decade, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has developed the most complete records on U.S. fire fighter fatalities - both in breadth of coverage and depth of detail - of any organization. This data base has been used to support the fatality studies produced each year by NFPA since 1974. Over the past seven years, NFPA also has worked with FEMA's U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) to provide, in a timely manner, lists of fire fighter fatalities and their next of kin to support the National Fire Academy's annual Fire Fighter Memorial Service. Under the present contract, NFPA has provided the USFA with lists, both hand lettered and typed, of 1987 fire fighter fatalities and with a list of names and addresses of next of kin and of fire department chiefs for use in the Memorial Service in October 1988. In August, a briefing on the 1987 experience and three special analyses was presented by NFPA staff to USFA staff in Emmitsburg, MD. Through the briefing and analysis, this contact continued the trend toward more extensive analysis of patterns and trends in specific parts of the fire fighter fatality problem. With over a decade of experience now classified in a computer data base, NFPA is able to provide increasingly detailed and focused examinations of the specific parts of the problem addressable by particular strategies. The purpose of this study is to analyze the circumstances surrounding fire fighter fatalities in the United States in 1987 in attempt to identify potential means for reducing the number of deaths that occur each year.
Analysis Report on Fire Fighter Fatalities in 1987
1998
83 pages
Report
No indication
English
Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice , Police, Fire, & Emergency Services , Fire fighters , Fatalities , United States , Occupational safety and health , Reporting systems , Safety analysis , Accidents , Injuries , Deaths , Emergency preparedness , Fire departments , Investigations , Wildland fires , Smoke inhalation , Smoke exposure , Urban areas , Rural areas , Suburban areas , Trends , Patterns , Recommendations , Data collection