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The NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program has released the investigation reports of three line of duty deaths.

Volunteer Fire Fighter Dies While Lost in Residential Structure Fir...
"On October 29, 2008, a 24-year old male volunteer fire fighter (the victim) was fatally injured while fighting a residential structure fire. The victim, one of three fire fighters on scene, entered the residential structure by himself through a carport door with a partially charged 1½-in hose line; he became lost in thick black smoke."

Career Fire Fighter Fatally Injured When Struck in the Head by the ...
"On September 29, 2008, a 48-year-old male career fire fighter was fatally injured while operating an articulating aerial platform fire apparatus. The 30-year fire fighting veteran was operating the fire department’s bucket truck to provide an aerial view for an insurance claim adjustor who was assessing hurricane damage to the fire station."

Career Fire Fighter Dies in Fall from Roof at Apartment Building Fi...
"On June 21, 2007, a 23-year-old male career fire fighter (the victim) died after falling from the roof at a four-story apartment building fire. When fire fighters arrived on scene, light smoke and fire was showing from a 4th floor window."