Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program Update

NIOSH has recently released the following Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports:

F2009-26 Sep 11, 2009

Fire fighter/operator suffers sudden cardiac death while operating a fire engine at a structure fire – Louisiana

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200926.html

F2009-12 Apr 15, 2009

Volunteer fire chief dies in motor vehicle incident while responding to a fire alarm – Marylandhttp://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200912.html

F2008-05 Feb 23, 2008

Volunteer captain dies in engine rollover – Colorado

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200805.html

F2009-24 Jul 06, 2009

Fire fighter trainee with an atrial septal aneurysm collapses and dies during debris fire operations – Pennsylvania

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200924.html

F2008-37 Nov 15, 2008

Career fire fighter dies after being trapped in a roof collapse during overhaul of a vacant/abandoned building – Michigan

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/reports/face200837.html