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Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed 29 untrained civilians.
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Of the 48 on-duty deaths in 2019, 20 were career firefighters and 25 were volunteer firefighters, one was a civilian Defense Department employee, one was a state land management employee, and one was a federal land management agency employee. [1] Sudden cardiac death has consistently constituted the largest share of on-duty firefighter deaths. [1]
The trio — Thomas Riches, Joseph Jurgens and Christopher Otten — joined scores of New York’s Bravest as they got their new ranks: 32 firefighters were made lieutenants, and 21 lieutenants ...
Saluda volunteer firefighters Chad Satcher and Landon Bodie died responding to a structure fire on Beulah Road when their vehicle was hit by a tree as Hurricane Helene tore through South Carolina ...
A Long Island man who lost his heroic firefighter father in a devastating Bronx blaze two decades ago became one of the Bravest himself Friday — along with hundreds of other FDNY graduates ...
This article is a list of the emergency and first responder agencies that responded to the September 11 attacks against the United States, on September 11, 2001.These agencies responded during and after the attack and were part of the search-and-rescue, security, firefighting, clean-up, investigation, evacuation, support and traffic control on September 11.
Thousands of firefighters continue to battle at least five sprawling wildfires spread around the Los Angeles area, as well as several smaller blazes. The nearly 100-year-old Topanga Ranch Motel ...