U.S. Firefighter Fatalities
Graph of the Week
This week’s graphs, courtesy of a report published by the United States (U.S.) Fire Administration, illustrate the number of firefighters who died while on-duty in 20021 and the causes and circumstances of their deaths.
Key Points
• In 2022, 94 firefighters in the U.S. died while on duty (Figure 1). Of these 94 firefighters, 92 were male and 2 were female.
• The most frequent causes of death were stress or overexertion (37 deaths) followed by vehicle collisions (17 deaths) (Figure 7).
• The greatest number of deaths were observed in firefighters who were between the ages of 46-60 years old (Figure 11). This then corresponds with stress and overexertion being the leading cause of on-duty firefighter deaths.
Source: U.S. Fire Administration. Firefighter fatalities in the United States in 2022.
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2002 is the latest year from which data are available.