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Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover 4 Unknown Pend Oreille NF Burnover 2 1926 5 California Springville Burnover 5 1929 1 Washington Colville Burnover 1 1930 1 California Malibu Burnover 1 1931 8 California Mariposa Burnover 3 Montana Lewis and Clark NF Burnover 5 1933 29 California Griffith Park Burnover 25 Montana Basin Hypothermia 1 Oregon Medford Burnover 1 Washington Okanagon NF Burnover 2 1934 8 California San Diego Burnover 1 Idaho Pierce Snag 2 Idaho Sand Point Burnover 1 Montana Glacier NP Snag 1 Montana Lincoln NF Snag 1 Nevada Long Point Snag 1 Wisconsin Chequamegon NF Vehicle Rollover 1 1935 3 California Orange County Vehicle Accident 1 Idaho Clearwater NF Snag 1 Oregon Rogue River NF Burnover 1 Page 1 of 23

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Page 1: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Wildland Fire Fatalities by YearYear State Location Accident Fatalities

1910 84

Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78

Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover 4

Unknown Pend Oreille NF Burnover 2

1926 5

California Springville Burnover 5

1929 1

Washington Colville Burnover 1

1930 1

California Malibu Burnover 1

1931 8

California Mariposa Burnover 3

Montana Lewis and Clark NF Burnover 5

1933 29

California Griffith Park Burnover 25

Montana Basin Hypothermia 1

Oregon Medford Burnover 1

Washington Okanagon NF Burnover 2

1934 8

California San Diego Burnover 1

Idaho Pierce Snag 2

Idaho Sand Point Burnover 1

Montana Glacier NP Snag 1

Montana Lincoln NF Snag 1

Nevada Long Point Snag 1

Wisconsin Chequamegon NF Vehicle Rollover 1

1935 3

California Orange County Vehicle Accident 1

Idaho Clearwater NF Snag 1

Oregon Rogue River NF Burnover 1

Page 1 of 23

Page 2: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

1936 12

New Jersey Chatsworth Burnover 5

New Jersey New Greta Burnover 3

Oregon Astoria Snag 1

Oregon Eugene Vehicle Accident 1

Oregon Not Reported Burnover 1

Wyoming Camp Moskee Snag 1

1937 21

California Shasta NF Burnover 1

Colorado Roosevelt NF Burnover 1

Michigan Huron NF Burnover 1

Michigan Huron NF Burnover 1

Montana Missoula Burnover 1

Wisconsin Nicolet NF Burnover 1

Wyoming Cody Burnover 15

1938 13

California Alpine Vehicle Accident 2

California La Mesa Burnover 1

Connecticut Winsted Snag 1

Pennsylvania Emporium Burnover 8

Washington Colville Snag 1

1939 15

California Carmel Burns 1

California Toiyabe NF Burnover 5

Idaho Emida Burnover 1

Idaho Priest River Snag 1

Idaho Priest River Burnover 1

Idaho Riggins Burnover 1

Nevada Paradise Valley Burnover 5

1940 7

Idaho Boise Burnover 1

Idaho Priest River Burnover 1

Idaho Salmon Burnover 1

Page 2 of 23

Page 3: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

New Mexico Lincoln NF Burnover 1

New Mexico Ruidoso Burnover 1

South Dakota Black Hills NF Burnover 1

Wyoming Yellowstone NP Snag 1

1941 6

Hawaii Kawailoa Burnover 2

Oregon Mount Hood NF Burnover 2

Oregon Not Reported Vehicle Accident 1

West Virginia Monongahela NF Burnover 1

1942 1

California Weed Vehicle Fire 1

1943 15

California Cleveland NF Burnover 11

California Los Padres NF Dozer Burnover 1

California Monterey Burns 1

Idaho Rogers Burnover 2

1944 1

Idaho McCall Heart Attack 1

1945 2

California San Diego Run Over by Dozer 1

Unknown Williams Canyon Burns 1

1946 2

California San Luis Obispo Engine Rollover 1

Idaho Council Snag 1

1947 2

California Los Angeles Burnover 2

1948 1

California Cleveland NF Burnover 1

1949 20

California Napa Heart Attack 1

California Oroville Vehicle Accident 3

Page 3 of 23

Page 4: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

California Sonora Dozer Burnover 1

Idaho McCall Burnover 1

Idaho McCall Burns 1

Montana Helena NF Burnover 13

1950 7

California Cleveland NF Burnover 1

California Orange Asphyxiation 1

California San Luis Obispo Burns 4

Utah Dinosaur National Monumen Medical 1

1952 3

Arkansas Glenville District Burnover 1

California Orange Burns 1

California Riverside Burns 1

1953 19

California El Dorado RU Heart Attack 1

California Mendocino NF Burnover 15

California Not Reported Vehicle Accident 1

California Tulare Heart Attack 1

Virginia Bonnie Blue Burnover 1

1954 9

California Calaveras RU Dozer Rollover 1

California San Benito RU Engine Hit by Train 1

California Tahoe NF Burnover 3

California Tulare Toxic Chemical Inhalation 1

Tennessee Gap Creek Burnover 3

1955 8

Arizona Prescott Burnover 1

California Hacienda Burnover 5

New Jersey Brickyard Burnover 1

Oregon Malheur NF Burnover 1

1956 18

California Cleveland NF Burnover 11

California Humboldt RU Heart Attack 1

Page 4 of 23

Page 5: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

California San Bernardino NF Dozer Burnover 1

California Shasta Vehicle Accident 4

California Sonoma RU Heart Attack 1

1958 3

California Angeles NF Burnover 1

California Cleveland NF Burnover 1

California Shasta RU Electrocution 1

1959 16

California Angeles NF Retardant Drop 2

California Angeles NF Burnover 1

California Butte RU Heart Attack 1

California Cleveland NF Burnover 6

California El Dorado RU Rolling Rock 1

California San Bernardino NF Heart Attack 1

California San Luis Obispo Burns 1

California Sequoia NF Aircraft 1

California Sequoia NF Burnover 1

Texas Pennington Burnover 1

1960 7

California Angeles NF Airtanker 1

California Orange Pneumonia 1

California Sequoia NF Aircraft 1

Florida Not Reported Vehicle Burnover 1

North Carolina Silver City Burnover 1

Oregon Siskiyou NF Snag 1

Oregon Umatilla NF Burnover 1

1961 9

California Angeles NF Burnover 1

California Napa RU Burns 1

California Sequoia NF Helicopter 3

Idaho Clearwater NF Snag 1

Idaho Nez Perce NF Burnover 2

Utah Not Reported Contact with Aircraft Rotor 1

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Page 6: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

1962 5

California Lassen-Modoc RU Heart Attack 1

California Sierra NF Burnover 4

1963 3

California Mariposa RU Electrocution 1

California Susanville-Lassen-Modoc Heart Attack 1

Georgia Not Reported Burnover Prescribed Fire 1

1964 5

California Los Padres NF Burnover 1

California San Bernardino RU Engine Hit by Train 1

California Tulare RU Heart Attack 1

California Tuolumne RU Burns 1

Virginia Joshua Falls Burnover 1

1965 9

California Eldorado NF Asphyxiation 1

California Riverside RU Unknown 1

California Santa Clara RU Heart Attack 1

Idaho McCall Smokejumper Aircraft 2

Kentucky Fairview Hollow Burnover 3

North Carolina Helker Burnover 1

1966 13

Alaska Fairbanks Smokejumper Strangled on 1

California Angeles NF Burnover 12

1967 11

Alaska Livengood Aircraft 2

Arizona Apache NF Burnover 1

California San Benito Monterey RU Vehicle Accident 1

California San Bernardino NF Burnover 1

Kansas Range Burnover 1

Michigan Not Reported Burns 1

Montana Kootenai NF Burnover 2

South Carolina Windsor Burnover 1

Wisconsin Ginnis Lake Burnover 1

Page 6 of 23

Page 7: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

1968 20

Alaska McGrath Airtanker 4

Arizona Coronado NF Burnover 1

California Angeles NF Helicopter 1

California Angeles NF Burnover 8

California Angeles NF Burnover 1

California Riverside RU Heart Attack 1

California Sonoma RU Vehicle Accident 1

Florida Ivey Dozer Burnover 1

North Carolina North Carolina Burns 1

North Carolina Not Reported Burns 1

1969 1

California Butte RU Engine Rollover 1

1970 6

Alaska McGrath Aircraft 5

California Shasta-Trinity NF Smokejumper 1

1971 9

Alaska Lake Minchumina Contact with Aircraft Rotor 1

Arkansas Banks Burnover 1

California Los Padres NF Burnover 4

California San Bernardino NF Burnover 1

Unknown Not Reported Drowning 1

Virginia Eagle Rock Burnover 1

1972 12

California Los Padres NF Helicopter 7

California Mendocino RU Heart Attack 1

Idaho Harris Ridge Suffocation 2

Tennessee Morgan County Suffocation 1

Unknown Not Reported Heart Attack 1

1973 13

California Bell Valley Burnover 1

California Monterey RU Heart Attack 1

California Tuolumne - Calavaras RU Helicopter 1

Page 7 of 23

Page 8: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

Georgia Not Reported Heart Attack 8

Nevada Eureka Airtanker 2

1974 8

Alaska Kiana Aircraft 1

California Coronado NF Unknown 1

Idaho Boise Aircraft Collision on Runway 1

Washington Not Reported Engine Rollover 5

1975 3

California San Benito-Monterey RU Electrocution 1

Utah Stockton Burnover 2

1976 6

California Malibu Rock 1

Colorado Grand Junction Burnover 3

Colorado Grand Junction Airtanker 1

Kansas Buhler Burnover 1

1977 15

California Angeles NF Helicopter 1

California Vandengurg AFB Burnover 3

New Jersey Bass River Burnover 4

New Jersey Not Reported Burnover 1

Texas Riverside Burns 1

Utah Ashley NF Burnover 3

Washington Not Reported Burnover 1

Washington Okanogan NF Burnover 1

1978 5

California San Luis Obispo RU Aircraft 1

California Shasta RU Heat Stroke 1

Georgia Terrell County Heat Stroke 1

Idaho Shoshone Engine Rollover 1

Oregon Lost Creek Burnover 1

1979 13

Alaska Not Reported Drowning 1

California Orange Toxic Chemicals 1

Page 8 of 23

Page 9: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

California San Luis Obispo Burnover 4

California Santa Clara RU Heat Stroke 1

California Saratoga Springs Heart Attack 1

Florida Okefenokee Dozer Burnover 1

Idaho Salmon NF Burnover 1

Oklahoma Not Reported Burnover 1

Oregon Not Reported Unknown 1

Texas Not Reported Burns 1

1980 8

California Not Reported Engine Rollover 1

California Santa Clara RU Engine Rollover 1

Michigan Huron Manistee NF Burnover 1

Nevada Ely District Aircraft 4

Texas Not Reported Burnover 1

1981 7

California Angeles NF Burnover 1

Florida Kennedy Space Center Dozer Burnover 2

Idaho Paul Aircraft 3

South Carolina Williams Hill Burnover 1

1982 2

California Humboldt RU Heart Attack 1

Wisconsin Canoe Landing Dozer Burnover 1

1983 13

Alaska Fort Yukon Heart Attack 1

Kansas Claflin Burnover 1

Kentucky Clay County Aircraft Accident 1

Maine Beverly Burnover 1

Nevada Not Reported Burnover 1

New Mexico Nara Vista Burnover 1

New York Utica Burnover 1

North Carolina Hope Mill Burnover 1

Ohio Holland Burnover 1

Ohio Medina Burnover 1

Pennsylvania Avoca Burnover 1

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Page 10: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

Southern Area Southern Area Aircraft 1

Unknown Mechlenburg Dozer Burnover 1

1984 19

Arkansas Ouachita NF Burnover 2

Arkansas Ouachita NF Dozer Burnover 2

California Clear Lake Burnover 1

California Jackson Electrocution 1

Georgia Cornelia Burnover 1

Kentucky Not Reported Run Over by Engine 1

Louisiana Forest Hill Vehicle Accident 1

Montana Humansville Burnover 2

Oregon Cottage Grove Burnover 1

Oregon Sweet Home Burnover Prescribed Fire 1

Texas Joshua Burnover 1

Texas Not Reported Burnover 1

Texas Spicewood Burnover 1

Vermont Northfield Burnover 3

1985 8

Colorado Columbia Dozer Burnover 1

Florida Golden Gate Estates Dozer Burnover 1

Florida Midway Charged Hose 1

Oregon Warm Springs Burnover 2

South Carolina Summersville Dozer Burnover 1

Washington Wenatchee NF Snag 1

Washington Winthrop Helicopter 1

1986 9

Colorado Montrose Aircraft 4

Idaho Boise NF Vehicle Accident 4

Washington Not Reported Snag 1

1987 24

Alabama Clanton Burns 1

California Klamath NF Heart Attack 1

California Klamath NF Vehicle Accident 1

California Klamath NF Struck by Motorcycle 1

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Page 11: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

California Klamath NF Vehicle Accident 1

California Lauder Burnover 1

California Shasta Trinity NF Aircraft 3

California Shasta Trinity NF Dozer Rollover 1

California Six Rivers NF Snag 1

California Stanislaus NF Snag 1

California Unknown Airtanker Accident 1

Florida Iverness Heart Attack 1

Kansas Douglas Run Over by Engine 1

Kansas Unknown 1

Kentucky East Bernstadt Heart Attack 1

Maine Swansea Heart Attack 1

Mississippi Summit Heart Attack 1

New Mexico White Sands Airtanker 2

Texas Azle Heart Attack 1

Texas Cisco Heart Attack 1

Washington Okanogan NF Snag 1

1988 29

Alabama Birmingham Heat Stroke 1

California Sequoia NF Aircraft 1

Florida Bushnell Vehicle Accident 2

Florida Sebring Heart Attack 1

Florida Tampa Vehicle Accident 1

Idaho Bellevue Vehicle Rollover 1

Illinois Not Reported Electrocution 1

Indiana New Albany Vehicle Rollover 1

Kentucky Munfordville Run Over by Engine 1

Montana Flathead NF Snag 1

Montana Not Reported Engine Rollover 1

Montana Not Reported Snag 1

Montana Not Reported Vehicle Accident 1

North Carolina Fayetteville Snag 1

Oregon Hood River Heart Attack 1

Oregon Not Reported Aircraft 1

Oregon Not Reported Entrapment Prescribed Fire 1

Page 11 of 23

Page 12: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

South Carolina Not Reported Stroke 1

South Dakota Timber Lake Heart Attack 1

Texas San Antonio Heart Attack 1

Washington Not Reported Aircraft 2

Washington Wenatchee NF Helicopter 2

Wisconsin Rosholt Vehicle Accident 1

Wyoming Not Reported Aircraft 1

Wyoming Not Reported Aircraft 1

Wyoming Shoshone NF Snag 1

1989 14

Alabama Athens Heart Attack 1

Arizona Tonto NF Lightning 1

Arkansas Jacksonville Heart Attack 1

California Los Padres NF Snag 1

California Not Reported Snag 1

Idaho Nez Perce NF Drowning 1

Minnesota Woodlake Heart Attack 1

Missouri Noel Vehicle Accident 1

New Mexico Bent Heart Attack 1

New York Ghent Heart Attack 1

Ohio Wayne-Hoosier NF Methane Gas 1

Pennsylvania Conneaut Lake Heart Attack 1

Texas Not Reported Burns 1

Washington Wenatchee NF Heart Attack 1

1990 23

Alaska Not Reported Heart Attack 1

Arizona Tonto NF Burnover 6

California Los Padres NF Pulmonary Embolism 1

California Mendocino NF Snag 1

California Riverside RU Entrapment 2

California Shasta Trinity NF Heart Attack 1

Florida Quincy Heart Attack 1

Kansas Wichita Heat Stroke 1

Maryland Havre de Grace Vehicle Accident 1

Oklahoma Wellston Heart Attack 1

Page 12 of 23

Page 13: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

Oregon Malheur NF Stroke 1

Utah Waist State Park Entrapment 2

Washington Colville Reservation Helicopter 1

Washington Grand Coulee Asphyxiation 1

Washington Olympic NF Aircraft 2

1991 13

Alabama Collinsville Electrocution 1

California Oakland Burns 1

California Stanislaus NF Helicopter 1

Colorado Routt NF Snag 1

Kansas Marysville Heart Attack 1

Kentucky Fleming Neon Burnover 2

Michigan New Buffalo Heart Attack 1

Montana Missoula Fire Training 1

Montana Not Reported Aircraft 2

New Mexico Cibola NF Lead Plane 1

Tennessee Hendersonville Engine Rollover 1

1992 13

California Calavaras County Airtanker 1

California El Dorado NF Aircraft 2

Colorado Glenwood Springs Heart Attack 1

Idaho Cascade Snag 1

Louisiana Mansfield Vehicle Accident 1

Oregon Willamete NF Snag 1

Texas Bryan Vehicle Accident 1

Texas Caldwell Vehicle Accident 1

Texas Crowley Vehicle Rollover 1

Texas Menard Vehicle Accident 1

Washington Kennewick Vehicle Rollover 1

Wisconsin Fond Du Dic Heart Attack 1

1993 8

California Angeles NF Burnover 2

Florida Florahome Heart Attack 1

New Jersey Howell Hit by Vehicle 1

Page 13 of 23

Page 14: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

New Mexico San Ysidro Burnover Prescribed Fire 1

New York Monhiggin Lake Heart Attack 1

Oregon Forest Grove Vehicle Rollover 1

Texas Lulkin Heart Attack 1

1994 35

Alabama Tuskegee Heart Attack 1

Alabama Vantmallo Water Tender 1

California Angeles NF Airtanker 3

California Plumas NF Water Tender 1

Colorado Glenwood Springs Burnover 14

Georgia Oconee NF Burnover 1

Idaho Boise NF Vehicle Accident 1

Idaho Payette NF Helicopter 1

Missouri Trendon Heart Attack 1

Montana Missoula Airtanker 2

Nebraska Lewellen Water Tender 1

New Mexico Gila NF Helicopter 3

Oklahoma Alva Engine Rollover 1

Oregon Medford Dozer Burnover 1

Tennessee Not Reported Burnover 1

Washington Wenatchee NF Heart Attack 1

Wisconsin Augusta Burnover 1

1995 15

Alabama East Providence Heart Attack 1

California Ramona Aircraft 3

Idaho Kuna Engine Burnover 2

Maine South China Heart Attack 1

Maryland Princess Ann Heart Attack 1

New Mexico Willard Vehicle Accident 1

New York Gallupville Heart Attack 1

Tennessee Greebriar Heart Attack 1

Texas Claude Vehicle Hit by Train 2

Texas Era Heart Attack 1

Washington Malo Heart Attack 1

Page 14 of 23

Page 15: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

1996 12

Arizona Globe Heat Exhaustion 1

California Not Reported Suicide 1

Missouri Golden City Heart Attack 1

Montana Colsptrip Burnover 2

Oklahoma Castle Heart Attack 1

Oklahoma Mariette Heart Attack 1

Oklahoma Wayne Engine Rollover 1

South Carolina Dillon Vehicle Accident 1

South Carolina Landrum Vehicle Accident 1

Utah Bryee Canyon Vehicle Rollover 1

Utah Fruitland Heart Attack 1

1997 10

Arizona San Carlos Aircraft 2

California Eagle Lake Vehicle Accident 1

California Not Reported Helicopter 1

California Not Reported Heat Stroke 1

Florida Esero Heart Attack 1

Georgia Macon Snag 1

Pennsylvania Blair Aircraft 2

Pennsylvania Lebanon Heart Attack 1

1998 14

Alabama Bibb Heart Attack 1

Arkansas East Crossett Dozer Burnover 1

California Lancaster Vehicle Accident 1

California Not Reported Heart Attack 1

California Not Reported Airtanker 1

California Williams Vehicle Accident 1

Idaho Cascade Vehicle Accident 2

Missouri Grandy Heart Attack 1

New Mexico Not Reported Aircraft 2

Oregon Coos Bay Heart Attack 1

Texas Colorado City Vehicle Accident 1

Texas Not Reported Vehicle Accident 1

Page 15 of 23

Page 16: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

1999 26

Arkansas Not Reported Heart Attack 1

Arkansas West Fork Electrocution 1

California Anderson Murder 1

California Junction City Run Over by Engine 1

California Los Angeles 150-foot Fall 1

California Not Reported Electrocution 1

California Not Reported Heart Attack 1

California Not Reported Heat Stroke 1

California San Diego County Head Injury - Rock 1

Indiana Clark Run Over by Engine 1

Indiana LaPorte Engine Rollover 1

Kentucky Island Fork/Burrs Branch Burnover 2

Louisiana Zwolle Semi-truck 1

Maine Not Reported Heart Attack 1

Maryland Emmitsburg Heart Attack 1

Minnesota Wilmont Heart Attack 1

Missouri West Plains Electrocution 1

Nebraska Not Reported Heart Attack 1

New Jersey Vineland Heart Attack 1

Ohio Cygnet Heart Attack 1

Oklahoma Ouapaw Heart Attack 1

Pennsylvania Cochranville Heart Attack 1

Pennsylvania Lebanon Heart Attack 1

Tennessee Cokkville Drowning 1

Texas Woodville Crushed by Engine 1

2000 17

Alaska Fairbanks Smokejumper Training Jump 1

Florida Fort Myers Florida Helicopter 1

Indiana LaPointe Vehicle Accident 1

Iowa Winterset Flying Debris 1

Missouri Atoka Vehicle Accident 1

Missouri Kimbling Heart Attack 1

Nevada Fallon Helicopter 1

Nevada Montello Helicopter 1

Page 16 of 23

Page 17: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

New Mexico Alamogordo Aircraft 2

New Mexico Riudoso Single Engine Airtanker 1

South Dakota Delmont Engine Burnover 1

Texas Not Reported All-terrain Vehicle 1

Utah Not Reported Lightning 2

West Virginia Elkins Heart Attack 1

Wyoming Thermopolis Engine Entrapment 1

2001 18

California Inyo NF Aneurysm 1

California Not Reported Airtanker 2

Colorado Larkspur Heart Attack 1

Idaho Lewis County Single Engine Airtanker 1

Kentucky Hillsbora Engine Rollover 1

Mississippi Homochitto RD Heart Attack 1

Montana Livingston Helicopter 3

Montana Not Reported Snag 1

Tennessee Not Reported Burnover 1

Washington Moses Lake Aneurysm 1

Washington Winthrop Burnover 4

West Virginia Cameron Engine Rollover 1

2002 23

California Coleville Airtanker 3

California Happy Camp Engine Rollover 3

California Sycuan Work Capacity Test 1

Colorado Bayfield Felling 1

Colorado Estes Park Airtanker 2

Colorado Estes Park Helicopter 1

Colorado Parachute Vehicle Rollover 5

Georgia Smyrna Water Tender Rollover 1

Idaho Deary Work Capacity Test 1

Idaho Moscow Dozer Rollover 1

Montana Dillon Work Capacity Test 1

Nebraska Palisade Heart Attack 1

South Dakota Marcus Fell From Engine 1

Texas Wichita Falls Run Over By Engine 1

Page 17 of 23

Page 18: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

2003 30

Arizona Aspen Ridge Helicopter 2

Arizona Whiteriver Entrapment Prescribed Fire 1

California Highland Airtanker 2

California San Diego Engine Entrapment 1

California Santa Barbara Heart Attack 1

Idaho Grangeville Heart Attack 1

Idaho Inkom Vehicle Rollover 1

Idaho Salmon Entrapment 2

Iowa Oran Heart Attack 1

Missouri Salisbury Sickness 1

Montana Missoula Heart Attack 1

New Mexico Terry Canyon Water Tender Rollover 1

North Carolina Chapel Hill Work Capacity Test 1

Ohio Gallipolis Water Tender Rollover 1

Oregon Vale Driving 8

Texas Angelina NF Helicopter 2

Washington Colville Helicopter 1

Wisconsin Elkhart Lake Collapsed 1

Wyoming New Castle Water Tender Rollover 1

2004 20

Alabama Alabaster Heart Attack 1

Arizona Safford SEAT 1

Arkansas Crossett Heart Attack 1

Arkansas West Memphis Pedestrian 1

California Angeles NF Driving 1

California Kings Canyon NP Snag Prescribed Fire 1

California Stanislaus NF Entrapment 1

Florida Osceola NF Heart Attack 1

Florida Rosewood Vehicle Rollover 1

Kentucky Mayking Heart Attack 1

Kentucky Wickcliffe Driving 1

Michigan Eaton Rapids Heart Attack 1

Mississippi Gloster Driving 1

Mississippi Pascagoula Vehicle Rollover 1

Page 18 of 23

Page 19: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

Montana Bridger Work Capacity Test 1

North Dakota Hebron Heart Attack 1

Oregon The Dalles Work Capacity Test 1

Utah St. George SEAT 1

Washington Coleville Heart Attack 1

Washington Wenatchee NF Helicopter 1

2005 12

California Riverside County Engine Rollover 1

Florida Jacksonville Heart Attack 1

Kansas Hardtner Electrocution 1

Kansas Hutchinson Vehicle Accident 1

Mississippi Beaumont Heart Attack 1

North Carolina Knightdale Snag 1

Oklahoma Eufaula Heart Attack 1

Texas Hamilton Vehicle Rollover 1

Texas Shelbyville Helicopter 3

Virginia Buchanan County Burnover 1

2006 24

Arizona Gila Bend Heart Attack 1

California Cabazon Entrapment 5

California Nipinnawassee Fall 1

California Springville Lead Plane 2

Idaho Payette NF Helicopter 4

New Mexico Maxwell Vehicle Rollover 1

New York Millerton Heart Attack 1

North Carolina Waynesville Heart Attack 1

Oklahoma Duncan Burnover 1

Oklahoma Ponca City Run Over by Vehicle 1

Oregon Klamath Helicopter 2

South Dakota Elkton Towing Accident 1

Tennessee Bolivar Snag 1

Texas Groom Engine Rollover 1

Utah Fishlake NF Entrapment 1

2007 9

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Page 20: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

California Klamath NF Helicopter 1

California San Jose Dozer Rollover 1

Florida Daytona Beach Falling Tree 1

Idaho Sweet Heart Attack 1

Kansas Wichita Electrocution 1

North Carolina Morrisville Vehicle Accident 1

South Carolina Frances Marion NF - Huger Driving 1

Tennessee Knoxville Vehicle Rollover 1

Tennessee Nashville Heart Attack 1

2008 25

Arizona Grand Canyon Helicopter 1

Arizona Havasau Wildlife Refuge Heart Attack 1

California Philo Heart Attack 1

California Redding Helicopter 9

California Redding Hazard Tree 1

California Six Rivers NF Road Improvement 1

California Yreka Entrapment 1

Colorado Fort Carson SEAT 1

Colorado Ordway Vehicle Accident 2

Minnesota Pine City Medical 1

Nevada Stead Airtanker 3

North Carolina Saluda Scouting Fireline 1

North Carolina Verona Struck by Semi-truck 2

2009 15

California Los Angeles County Vehicle Accident 2

California Susanville Medical 1

California Will Creek Aircraft Accident 1

Colorado Craig Hazard Tree 1

Kansas Not Reported Medical 1

Missouri Odessa Medical 1

Nevada Fallon Aircraft Accident 1

North Carolina Whitakers Medical 1

Oklahoma Atoka County Vehicle Accident 1

Oklahoma Mannford Medical 1

Utah Oquirrh Mountains Aircraft Accident 3

Page 20 of 23

Page 21: Wildland Fire Fatalities by Year · PDF fileWildland Fire Fatalities by Year Year State Location Accident Fatalities 1910 84 Idaho Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78 Unknown Cabinet NF Burnover

Year State Location Accident Fatalities

Wisconsin Marshfield Aircraft Accident 1

2010 8

Arkansas Lafayette County Vehicle Accident 1

Kansas Peru Medical 1

Ohio Laura Medical 1

Ohio Ross County Other 1

South Carolina Richland County Struck by Vehicle 1

Tennessee Milledgeville Medical 1

Virginia Eastern Shore Medical 1

Washington Adams County Vehicle Accident 1

2011 11

Arizona Fort Apache Agency Medical 1

Florida Hamilton County Burnover 2

Kentucky Kentucky DOF Hazard Tree 1

Kentucky Westport Medical 1

Oklahoma Nobel County Medical 1

South Dakota Edgemont Burnover 1

Texas Eastland County Vehicle Accident 1

Texas Jasper County Vehicle Accident 1

Texas Mineral Wells Medical 1

Texas Moore County Burnover 1

2012 15

Arizona Sells Driving 1

California San Luis Obispo Medical 1

California Santa Clarita Medical 1

California Southern Region Medical 1

Connecticut Redding Medical 1

Idaho Nez Perce-Clearwater NF Hazard Tree 1

Indiana Fort Wayne Driving 1

Nevada Ely District Aircraft Accident 2

South Dakota Black Hills NF Aircraft Accident 4

Washington Okanogan/Wenatchee NF Medical 1

Wyoming Casper Medical 1

2013 34

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Year State Location Accident Fatalities

Arizona Yarnell Entrapment 19

California Modoc NF Hazard Tree 1

California Siskiyou NF Medical Emergency 1

Idaho Coeur d'Alene Medical 1

Idaho Smith's Prairie Training 1

New Jersey Hunterdon County Vehicle Accident 1

New Mexico Ohkay Owingeh Medical 1

New Mexico Santa Fe NF Driving 1

North Carolina Mackay Island NWR Medical 1

Oregon Deschutes NF Hazard Tree 1

Oregon Medford District Driving Rollover 1

Oregon Vale District Medical Emergency 1

South Carolina Loris County Medical 1

South Carolina St. George Driving 1

Tennessee Church Hill Medical 1

Washington Arcadia District Hazard Tree 1

2014 10

Arizona Star Valley Medical 1

Arkansas Chicot County Medical 1

Arkansas Montgomery County Aviation Accident 1

California Yosemite NP Aircraft Accident 1

Mississippi East Fork Medical 1

Montana Fort Shaw Vehicle Accident 1

Nevada Hunger Valley Medical 1

Oregon Freemont-Winema NF Medical 1

Tennessee Cooke Country Medical 1

Wyoming Newcastle Medical 1

2015 13

Arizona Buenos Aires NWR Medical 1

California Lake Tahoe Basin MU Hazard Tree 1

California Modoc NF Entrapment/Burnover 1

California Morongo Reservation Medical 1

California Santa Clara County Medical 1

Idaho Boise District Medical 1

Kansas Caney Medical 1

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Year State Location Accident Fatalities

Mississippi De Soto NF Aviation 2

Oregon Merlin High School Medical 1

Washington NE Washington Entrapment 3

2016 15

Alabama Birmingham Meidcal 1

Alabama Winston County Vehicle Accident 1

California Corning Medical 1

California Los Angeles County Medical 1

California Los Padres NF Other 1

California Vandenberg AFB Vehicle Accident 1

Kentucky Clay County Hazard Tree 1

Michigan Blaine Vehicle Accident 2

Nevada Great Basin NP Hazard Tree 1

Nevada Winnemucca District Vehicle Accident 2

New Hampshire Orford Medical 1

North Carolina Maple Springs Medical 1

Vermont Franklin County Medical 1

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