“Across the country, we have all come to learn that the high level of firefighter death and injuries is unacceptable.” This was one of the first points made by FDNY Battalion Chief John Salka during ...

While the number of structural fires in the United States continues to decline, firefighter line of duty deaths (LODD) do not exhibit the same rate of proportion decline. A review of both NFPA and ...

Researchers examining 6 years of firefighter line-of-duty deaths (LODD) found that the health, fitness and wellness of the firefighters contributed to more than 50 percent of the fatalities. The study ...