Articles by Rita Fahy
NFPA's Annual U.S. Firefighter Fatalities Report For 2017 Reflects 60 On-duty Deaths, The Lowest Number In Over 40 Years
NFPA’s 2017 U.S. Firefighter Fatalities report reflects lowest on-job deaths in 40 years The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released its annual U.S. Firefighter Fatalities report, which showed a total of 60 U.S. firefighter fatalities while on duty in 2017. This number represents the lowest total reported since 1977, when NFPA began reporting on-duty firefighter fatalities; it is the sixth time in the last seven years that the total has been below 70 deaths....