Cause of death of 73 federal wildland firefighters from 1990-2006
from the pie charts of this NWCG publication: www.wildlandfire.com/docs/2007/fed-burnovers99-06.doc
| 1990-1998 (n=36) | 1999-2006 (n=37) | 1990-2006 Total (n=73) | |
| % number | % number | % number | |
| Burnover Aircraft Heart Attack Vehicle Accident Tree Felling Miscellaneous Other Medical |
44.4 (16) 16.7 (6) 11.1 (4) 11.1 (4) 5.6 (2) 5.6 (2) 5.6 (2) |
35.1 (13) 21.6 (8) 16.2 (6) 10.8 (4) 10.8 (4) 5.4 (2) 0 (0) |
39.7 (29) 19.2 (14) 13.7 (10) 11.0 (8) 8.2 (6) 5.5 (4) 2.7 (2) |
| Totals | 100.1 (36) | 99.9 (37) | 100 (73) |
Cause of death of 81 federal wildland firefighters from 1990-2008
Adding in the last 2 years of data
from these NWCG publications:
Entrapment/fatality/injury Spreadsheet 2008 (215 K pdf file)
Entrapment/fatality/injury Spreadsheet 2007 (268 K pdf file)
| 1990-1998 (n=36) | 1999-2006 (n=37) | 2007-2008 (n=8) | 1990-2008 Total (n=81) | |
| % number | % number | % number | ||
| Burnover Aircraft Heart Attack Vehicle Accident Tree Felling Miscellaneous Other Medical |
44.4 (16) 16.7 (6) 11.1 (4) 11.1 (4) 5.6 (2) 5.6 (2) 5.6 (2) |
35.1 (13) 21.6 (8) 16.2 (6) 10.8 (4) 10.8 (4) 5.4 (2) 0 (0) |
12.5 (1) 50 (4) 0 (0) 25 (2) 12.5 (1) 0 (0) 0 (0) |
37.0 (30) 22.2 (18) 12.3 (10) 12.3 (10) 8.6 (7) 4.9 (4) 2.5 (2) |
| Totals | 100.1 (36) | 99.9 (37) | 100 (8) | 99.8 (81) |