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NFPA Annual 1991 Death Statistics
1. Stress
2. Responding, returning to alarms
3. Falls, falling objects in contact with
4. products of combustion
5. Collapse
If a ff is not killed but instead is seriously injured, it will be due to:
1.laceration
2. deep puncture wound which cuts an artery or tendon or nerve
3. a torn back or ankle requiring immobilization
4. uncinsciousness from smoke/toxic fumes
5. 3rd degree burn
6. blinding injury.
NFPA Annual injury stats 1991
1. Strains and sprains
2. Wounds, cuts, bruises
3. Smoke or gas inhalation
4. Burns
5. Eye Injuries or other
Since WWII what attitude has changed regarding FFs?
Risk of Death and Injury is what they were paid for.
&
Property was considered more important than FFs
Priorities of Firefighting
1. Life
2. Containment of fire
3. Property protection
FF tactics were identified by studying and analyzing
USFA records of FF fatalities in 1985 pamlet; IAFF
Death & Injury Annual Report in International FF June/July 1990
NFPA US FF annuall death report & injury report in Fire Command June/Nov 1991
15 dangerous FF Tactics
1. Collapse Rescue Ops
2. Responding and returning
3. Search for fire
4. Advancing an attack hose line
5. Operating on a peaked roof
6. Operating above a fire
7. Cellar fires
8. Propane gas fire
9. Wild fires
10. Aerial ladder Operations
11. Forcible entry
12. Master Stream operations
13. Outside venting
14. Fire Escape operations
15. Overhauling
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SSFG 1
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Updated
2011-01-12T03:24:29Z
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