Leading Cause of Firefighter Fatalities: Heart Attacks, Crashes

    July 19, 2002
    The annual analysis of deaths of U.S. on-duty firefighters by the nonprofit NFPA shows that last year 439 firefighters died, including 340 firefighters from the New York City Fire Department in the World Trade Center attack.
    The annual analysis of deaths of U.S. on-duty firefighters by the nonprofit NFPA shows that last year 439 firefighters died, including 340 firefighters from the New York City Fire Department in the World Trade Center attack.

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