Firefighter Fatalities

Paper Summary:

In this article, the writer disseminates the information found in a review of literature on firefighter fatalities, and then develops a research design for the collection and analysis of data relating to firefighter fatalities and, specifically, those related to exposure to toxic or combustible elements. This work seeks to positively identify causal factors that result in firefighter fatality, in the years following active-duty, caused by toxic exposure resulting in cancer or some other condition attributed to chemical or combustible toxins. The writer points out that the focus of this research is of the nature that may lend practicable measures of reducing the fatality deaths of firefighters through shielding the firefighters from being exposed to the toxic or combustible elements that cause death due to cancer and other like conditions.

Outline:
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Research Questions
Importance of the Study
Definitions & Terms
Organization of the Study
Review of the Literature
Figure 1,2,3,4
Methodology
Limitations of the Study
Data Collection & Analysis
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"The questions asked in this research will include the questions of: (1) How many deaths occur each year that are directly linked to exposure of the firefighter to some toxin that results in a health problem such as cancer? (2) How many firefighters have been fatalities in the last 10 years that were incorrectly labeled as a fatality? (3) What guidelines should be set out for future reliable statistics in firefighter fatality reports? And (4) What special precautions should be required under safety requirements in order to best protect firefighters from this type of exposure resulting in fatality?"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Firefighter Fatality Figure Show 110 On-Duty Deaths in 2003, an Increase Over 2002 (2007) National Volunteer Fire Council. Online available at: http://www.nvfc.org/news/hn_2004_odd.html
• Firefighter Fatalities Often Stress-Related, Report Says (2005) The Insurance Journal 17 October 2005. Online available at: http://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/west/2005/10/17/features/62145.htm
• On-Duty U.S. Firefighter Deaths Reach 10-Year Peak (2000) Fire Chief 1 June 2000. Online available at: http://firechief.com/mag/firefighting_ondutry_us_firefighter/.
• U.S. Fire Administration - USFA Report & Statistics (1996-2005). Online available at: http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/index.shtm.
• Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2005 (2006) U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Fire Administration. 2006 August. Online available at; http://www.mtas.tennessee.edu/Citydept/Fire/fatalities_2005.pdf.

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