Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Firefighter Deaths Are Down
KENTUCKY...
For the first time in three years, the number of on-the-job firefighter deaths in the United States has dropped below 100. The National Fire Protection Association annual Firefighter Fatality Report, released today at the NFPA Conference Expo, shows a sharp drop in the number of fatalities in 2009. Eighty-two firefighters were killed in the line of duty last year, substantially fewer than the 10-year average of 98 and down even more from the 105 killed in 2008. This is the lowest annual total since there were 79 deaths in 1993 and the third lowest total since the study began in 1977.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 8:34 AM 
