Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program

<p>The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is a United States federal agency that is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). NIOSH conducts research promotes safety and makes recommendations to prevent illnesses and injuries in the US workplaces. <br><br>This document contains investigation reports that are examples of reports for traumatic injury and cardiovascular disease deaths of fire fighters in the last couple of years.<br><br>F2009-10 Career Fire Fighter Dies When Backed Over While Spotting an Apparatus - New Jersey<br><br>F2009-27 Captain Suffers Fatal Heart Attack While Participating in Fire Department Physical Fitness Program - Mississippi <br><br>F2009-29 Lieutenant Suffers Fatal Heart Attack During Fire Operations - Pennsylvania<br><br>F2008-34 Volunteer Fire Fighter Dies While Lost in Residential Structure Fire - Alabama<br><br>F2009-31 One Fire Fighter Killed and Eight Fire Fighters Injured in a Dumpster Explosion at a Foundry - Wisconsin</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>