Firefighter Fatalities

(Source = US Fire Administration)

On-Duty Firefighter Fatalities (1977-2003):

Year Number of Deaths

2005 = 115

2004 = 107

2003 = 110

2002 = 102

2001 = 441 (Note: The vast majority of firefighter fatalities in 2001 (343) were the result of the World Trade Center collapse). 

2000 = 102

1999 = 112

1998 = 91

1997 = 94

1996 = 95

1995 = 96

1994 = 104

1993 = 77

1992 = 75

1991 = 109

1990 = 108

1989 = 119

1988 = 136

1987 = 131

1986 = 121

1985 = 126

1984 = 119

1983 = 113

1982 = 125

1981 = 135

1980 = 140

1979 = 126

1978 = 171

1977 = 157