Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
Through the Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program, NIOSH conducts investigations of firefighter line-of-duty deaths to formulate recommendations for preventing future deaths and injuries. The program does not seek to determine fault or place blame on fire departments or individual firefighters, but to learn from these tragic events and prevent future similar events.
Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports
Criteria Selection:
State = PA
Incident Year = ALL
Trauma-Related = Blank
Medical-Related = Blank
| Report No. | Incident Date | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| F2019-14 | Mar 20, 2019 | 46-year-old airport firefighter suffers fatal heart attack responding to call - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2018-16 | Jun 25, 2018 | Career lieutenant suffers a sudden cardiac event during fireground survival training and dies 2 days later - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2018-06 | May 22, 2018 | Structure collapse at 140-year old mill building kills 2 career fire fighters and injures 2 others - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2018-03 | Jan 06, 2018 | Career lieutenant killed in building collapse while fighting row house fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2016-16 | Jul 23, 2016 | Volunteer fire fighter struck and killed by tanker backing into the bay of the fire station - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2015-11 | Nov 05, 2014 | Firefighter dies several months after suffering a heart attack on-scene - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2014-25 | Dec 09, 2014 | Career female fire fighter dies after becoming lost and running out of air in a residential structure fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2014-08 | Nov 20, 2013 | Assistant fire chief suffers fatal heart attack while operating an engine at a residential structure fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2013-12 | Apr 27, 2013 | Volunteer fire chief struck and killed on interstate highway while directing traffic - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2013-07 | Apr 06, 2013 | Career captain dies conducting roof operations at a commercial structure fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2012-13 | Apr 09, 2012 | Career lieutenant and fire fighter killed and two fire fighters injured by wall collapse at a large commercial structure fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2012-04 | Jan 08, 2012 | Career captain injured in aerial ladder collapse - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2011-28 | Sep 25, 2011 | Instructor-in-charge suffers sudden cardiac death during live fire training - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2010-21 | May 01, 2010 | Volunteer fire fighter suffers a fatal cardiac event after fire suppression training - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2010-06 | Feb 12, 2010 | Volunteer fire police captain dies after being struck by a motor vehicle at a controlled roadway - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2009-29 | Oct 24, 2009 | Lieutenant suffers fatal heart attack during fire operations - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2009-24 | Jul 06, 2009 | Fire fighter trainee with an atrial septal aneurysm collapses and dies during debris fire operations - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2008-30 | Aug 09, 2008 | Fire captain suffers fatal heart attack after conducting live fire training - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2008-29 | Sep 12, 2007 | Fire chief suffers fatal heart attack while responding to a structure fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2008-12 | Apr 08, 2008 | Volunteer deputy fire chief dies when struck by motorized water monitor that "launched" off aerial ladder truck - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2008-08 | Mar 05, 2008 | Volunteer fire lieutenant killed while fighting a basement fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2008-06 | Feb 29, 2008 | Volunteer fire fighter and trapped resident die and a volunteer lieutenant is injured following a duplex fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2008-01 | Jan 06, 2008 | Career fire captain electrocuted after contacting overhead powerline from the platform of an elevating platform fire apparatus - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2007-08 | Feb 04, 2007 | Career fire fighter dies when trapped by collapsed canopy during a two alarm attached garage fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2007-04 | Dec 07, 2006 | Fire fighter dies during the night after responding to a structure fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2006-29 | Jul 04, 2006 | Fire fighter suffers sudden cardiac death after responding to a water rescue call - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2006-09 | Jan 28, 2006 | Fire fighter dies after performing overhaul at a fire in a three-story dwelling - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2006-08 | Nov 21, 2005 | Fire fighter/emergency medical technician suffers an acute myocardial infarction and dies three days later - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2005-31 | Oct 23, 2005 | Career officer injured during a live fire evolution at a training academy dies two days later - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2005-29 | Aug 27, 2005 | Volunteer fire fighter / rescue diver dies in training incident at a quarry - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2005-16 | Jan 21, 2004 | Captain suffers an acute aortic dissection after responding to two alarms and subsequently dies due to hemopericardium - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2004-17 | Mar 13, 2004 | Career battalion chief and career master fire fighter die and twenty-nine career fire fighters are injured during a five alarm church fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2004-05 | Jan 09, 2004 | Residential basement fire claims the life of career lieutenant - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2003-38 | Oct 07, 2003 | Fire fighter dies after performing ventilation at a fire in a two-story dwelling - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2003-04 | Jan 20, 2003 | Career firefighter dies from injuries received during a chimney and structural collapse after a house fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2002-49 | Nov 01, 2002 | Volunteer lieutenant dies following structure collapse at residential house fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2002-28 | Apr 27, 2002 | Fire fighter dies after leaving fire station - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2002-21 | May 04, 2002 | Junior fire fighter killed while responding to fire alarm on his bicycle - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2001-04 | Jan 11, 2001 | Volunteer fire fighter (lieutenant) killed and one fire fighter injured during mobile home fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2000-35 | Jul 02, 2000 | Junior fire fighter killed responding to call in his privately owned vehicle (POV) - Pennsylvania. | |
| F2000-07 | Jan 17, 2000 | Volunteer fire fighter dies after nine-foot fall from ladder - Pennsylvania. | |
| 99-F50 | Jul 29, 1999 | Fire fighter dies after extinguishing a fire in a two-story dwelling - Pennsylvania. | |
| 99-F45 | Nov 02, 1999 | A volunteer fire fighter dies of head injuries after falling off a responding open-cab ladder truck - Pennsylvania. | |
| 99-F41 | Jan 16, 1999 | Fire fighter suffers fatal heart attack - Pennsylvania. | |
| 99-F23 | Jan 27, 1998 | Lieutenant dies while directing interior ventilation and primary search operations at a fire in a three-story dwelling - Pennsylvania. | |
| 99-F22 | Jun 17, 1999 | Fire fighter dies during operations at a fire in a three-story structure - Pennsylvania. | |
| 99-F10 | Dec 18, 1998 | Fire-police officer dies as a result of a cardiac arrest at the scene of a motor vehicle accident - Pennsylvania. | |
| 99-F09 | Oct 11, 1998 | Fire fighter dies as a result of a cardiac arrest at the scene of a commercial structure fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| 98-F10 | Nov 26, 1997 | Volunteer fire fighter has a cardiac arrest and dies at the scene of a commercial structure fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| 98-03 | Oct 27, 1997 | Two fire fighters die of smoke and soot inhalation in residential fire - Pennsylvania. | |
| 90-30 | May 01, 1990 | Carbon monoxide kills three volunteer firefighters inside well in Pennsylvania, May 1, 1990. |
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