NFPA Releases Fire Fighter Injury Report

June 3, 2009 – The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released an analysis of fire fighter injury data from the U.S. Fire Administration’s National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). The analysis was undertaken to examine factors that are beyond the scope of the results obtained in the annual NFPA injury survey.

Results were analyzed for the 2003-2006 period, during which there was an estimated annual average of 40,270 fire fighter fire ground injuries in the United States. Of these, an average of 29,710 were classified as minor, and 10,560 were classified as moderate or severe.

The statistics in this report demonstrate that fire fighting presents substantial risk of personal injury to fire fighters. Click here for a complete copy of the report.