When we published our report on the number wildland firefighter fatalities on January 19, we didn’t include the percentages for each category because the numbers got cluttered among the smaller sections on the pie chart. But in order to discuss it, the percentages are helpful, so in spite of the clutter, we revised the graphic — above — as well as the one in the earlier article.
In text form, here are the percentages for general classifications of fatalities from 1990 through 2014:
- 23%, Medical
- 22%, Aircraft accident
- 22%, Vehicle accident
- 21%, Entrapment
- 4%, Hazardous tree
- 1%, Work Capacity Test
- 1%, Heat illness
- 1%, Electrocution
- Less than 1%: Dozer rollover and Smokejumper jump
- 4%, Other
Related:
How do we reduce the number of Fatalities?
Wildfire fatality trends.
