what are main causes of line of duty firemen deaths?

Answer 1

Its lung cancer because of exposition to toxic fumes

Answer 2

It's falling through a roof and things falling on them. Firemen have the most dangerous and underpaid job. Everyone is running away from the fire and the fireman is running to the fire. Fire is a scary thing. You never know what it's going to do. But that doesn't stop a fireman from doing his job. Firemen Rock

Answer 3

they go inside the building to put the fire out. check out Boswell, Pa information they are one of the top in the country for active line of duty firemen deaths. Also check out the difference between firemen who fight from the outside versus those who fight from the inside

Answer 4

Fire-Bill.

Answer 5

Heart Attacks
Equipment failures
Hazardous surroundings in a fire scene
Lung Disease.

Answer 6

I read before that it's from smoke inhalation.

But, I found this ...

The leading cause of death for firefighters is heart attack (44 percent). Death from trauma, including internal and head injuries, is the second leading cause of death (27 percent). Asphyxia and burns account for 20 percent of firefighter fatalities.

Each year in the United States, approximately 100 firefighters are killed while on duty and tens of thousands are injured. Although the number of firefighter fatalities has steadily decreased over the past 20 years, the incidence of firefighter fatalities per 100,000 incidents has actually risen over the last 5 years, with 1999 having the highest rate of firefighter fatalities per 100,000 incidents since 1978.

Firefighters under the age of 35 are more likely to be killed by traumatic injuries than they are to die from medical causes (e.g., heart attack, stroke). After age 35, the proportion of deaths due to traumatic injuries decreases, and the proportion of deaths due to medical causes rises steadily.

Since 1984, motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) have accounted for between 20 and 25 percent of all firefighter fatalities, annually. One quarter of the firefighters who died in MVCs were killed in private/personally owned vehicles (POVs). Following POVs, the apparatus most often involved in fatal collisions were water tankers, engines/pumpers, and airplanes. More firefighters are killed in tanker collisions than in engines and ladders combined.

About 27 percent of fatalities killed in MVCs were ejected from the vehicle at the time of the collision. Only 21 percent of firefighters were reportedly wearing their seatbelts prior to the collision.

Approximately 60 percent of all firefighter fatalities were individuals over the age of 40, and one-third were over the age of 50. Nationwide, firefighters over the age of 40 make up 46 percent of the fire service, with those over 50 accounting for only 16 percent of firefighters. About 40 percent of volunteer firefighters are over the age of 50, compared to 25 percent of career firefighters.

The majority of firefighter fatalities (57 percent) were members of local or municipal volunteer fire agencies (including combination departments, which are comprised of both career and volunteer personnel). Full-time career firefighters account for 33 percent of firefighter fatalities. Numerically more volunteer firefighters are killed than career personnel, yet career personnel lose their lives at a rate disproportionate to their representation in the fire service.

In many fire departments, EMS calls account for between 50 and 80 percent of their emergency call volume. These EMS incidents result in only 3 percent of firefighter fatalities. Trauma (internal/head) accounts for the deaths of 50 percent of firefighters who were involved in EMS operations at the time of their fatal injury. Another 38 percent involved in EMS operations died from heart attack.