A century of wildland firefighter fatalities

• 1. Wildland firefighter fatalities6/6/2013

2. U.S. wildland firefighters killed since 19102Great Fire of 1910Lack ofdataSource: National Interagency Fire Center0102030405060708090 3. Cause of death3Source: National Interagency Fire CenterBurnover 441Heart attack 114Vehicleaccident 68Otheraircraft 59Helicopter 56Other 52Other medical 39Airtanker 35Snag 35Engine rollover 24Burns 21Vehicle rollover21Vehicle burnover 20Entrapment 18Struck byvehicle 14Driving 12 Electrocution 11 4. U.S. wildland firefighters killed4Source: National Interagency Fire Center0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350OtherKansasOklahomaArkansasKentuckyNorth CarolinaTennesseeGeorgiaNew JerseyUtahAlaskaNevadaNew MexicoFloridaArizonaWyomingPennsylvaniaTexasWashingtonOregonColoradoMontanaIdahoCalifornia 5. EcoWest firefighterfatalities dashboard5Source: National Interagency Fire Center 6. ecowest.orgDownload more slides and other resources6/6/2013 6