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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.
This is a list of firefighters in the United States who were killed in the line of duty, either in fires or while responding to other types of incidents. 2001 [ edit ]
Sudden cardiac death has consistently constituted the largest share of on-duty firefighter deaths. [1] Of 2019 on-duty firefighter deaths in the U.S., 54% were due to medical emergencies, overexertion, or stress (included in this category were 22 heart attacks or other sudden cardiac deaths, 2 strokes, 1 heatstroke, and 1 suicide); 13% by fire ...
The number of first responders from the New York City Fire Department who have died from 9/11-related illnesses has reached 343, matching the number who lost their lives on the day of the ...
Ty Voth, a 27-year-old Wichita firefighter, died in the line of duty on August 1, 2024 while fighting a fire near Haysville.
Pages in category "Firefighters killed in the line of duty" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Durham remembers ‘a first-class guy’ In Durham, tributes poured in for the longtime firefighter described as “a first-class guy.” He won the department’s Medical Life Saving Award in 2002.
[1] [note 2] [2] It also does not list the 997 firefighters killed during the Second World War, [3] [4] nor any deaths relating to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Military firefighter personnel are only listed if they died during non-combatant fires or accidents.