Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program
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The Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) is administered by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is the United States’ federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness. NIOSH is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention within the U.S...

 (NIOSH), part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It performs independent investigations of firefighter fatalities in the United States, also referred to as line of duty deaths (LODD).

The programs goals are:
  • to better define the characteristics of line of duty deaths among firefighters
  • to develop recommendations for the prevention of deaths and injuries
  • to disseminate prevention strategies to the fire service.


In 1998, Congress funded NIOSH to implement FFFIPP recognizing the need for further efforts to address the continuing national problem of occupational fire fighter fatalities--an estimated 105 each year. The NIOSH-FFFIPP has a 14 person staff and a $2 million dollar budget and has conducted over 400 investigations since its inception in 1998.

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  • Firefighter
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  • Human Factors Analysis and Classification System
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  • National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System
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  • National Fallen Firefighters Memorial
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  • IAFF Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial

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