NFPA Releases Report on Fire Police On Duty Deaths

The National Fire Protection Association released a comprehensive report on Fire Police Line of Duty Deaths. From 1991 through 2010, 68 fire-police officers died in the U.S. of injuries suffered while on duty. “Fire-police officer” is a category of firefighter that is not commonly used throughout the U.S. In fact, 75 percent of the deaths occurred in just two states -- Pennsylvania (30 deaths) and New York (22 deaths). The other states where deaths occurred were New Jersey (6 deaths),Maryland (5 deaths), Connecticut (2 deaths), and Maine, North Carolina and Rhode Island with one death each.

NFPA 1091 under development address safety issues for all roadway responders who are called to direct traffic at highway incident scenes.