Firefighter Fatalities in the US in 2020 - NFPA

Firefighter Fatalities in the US in 2020 Rita F. Fahy and Jay T. PetrilloOctober 2021 Copyright 2021 National Fire Protection Association ( nfpa ) nfpa Research pg. 1 2020 Experience As could be expected, in 2020, the largest share of Firefighter deaths in the US resulted from exposure to COVID-19. nfpa has received notification of the deaths of almost 80 firefighters due to exposure to COVID-19 while on the job in 2020. Many of the cases were tied to specific emergency calls, particularly medical calls, where firefighters were exposed to infected members of the public. Other cases were attributed to exposure at the fire station. As a result, the total number of on-duty Firefighter deaths in 2020 was higher than it has been since the late 1970s (with the exception of 2001). Of the 140 on-duty deaths in 2020, 78 were due to COVID. This report will focus on the 62 non-COVID deaths. Figure 1 shows the trend over the years, excluding the 340 Firefighter deaths on 9/11 and the cancer-related deaths of firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center that have occurred since 20011.

of Homeland Security/Federal Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program, created the framework for this long-term project. In 2018, Congress passed legislation directing the CDC to develop and maintain a voluntary reg istry of firefighters in the US that can be used to monitor the incidence of cancer in the fire service.

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