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Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Alabama Total Fatalities 11
1987 Clanton Burns 1Private
1988 Birmingham Heat Stroke 1Other
1989 Athens Heart Attack 1Private
1991 Collinsville Electrocution 1Private
1994 Tuskegee Heart Attack 1Federal
1994 Vantmallo Water Tender 1Volunteer
1995 Cleburne County Burnover 0Federal
1995 East Providence Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1998 Bibb Heart Attack 1State
2004 Alabaster Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2016 Birmingham medical 1Federal
2016 Winston County Vehicle Accident 1Local
Alaska Total Fatalities 18
1966 Fairbanks Smokejumper Strangled on Let-Down 1Federal
1967 Livengood Aircraft 2Contractor
1968 McGrath Airtanker 4Contractor/Federal
1970 McGrath Aircraft 5Contractor/Federal
1971 Lake Minchumina Contact with Aircraft Rotor 1Federal
1974 Kiana Aircraft 1Contractor/Federal
1979 Not Reported Drowning 1Federal
1983 Fort Yukon Heart Attack 1Federal
1990 Not Reported Heart Attack 1Federal
1995 Monticello Aircraft Accident 0State
1996 Big Lake Burnover 0State
1999 Not Reported Burnover 0Federal
2000 Fairbanks Smokejumper Training Jump 1Federal
2004 Fairbanks Driving 0StaJacte
2004 Northway Burns 0Federal
2009 Not Reported Medical 0Federal
2010 Stevens Village Hazard Tree 0Federal
2011 Fairbanks Hazard Tree 0State
2015 Galena Hazard Tree 0Federal
2017 Not Reported Vehicle 0Federal
Arizona Total Fatalities 43
1955 Prescott Burnover 1Unknown
1967 Apache NF Burnover 1Federal
1968 Coronado NF Burnover 1Federal
1989 Tonto NF Lightning 1Federal
1990 Tonto NF Burnover 6State
1994 Not Reported Burnover 0Federal
Page 1Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
1994 Sawmill Fire Burnover 0Federal
1996 Bandelier Monument Burnover 0Federal
1996 Flagstaff Burnover 0Federal
1996 Globe Heat Exhaustion 1Federal
1997 San Carlos Aircraft 2Contractor/Federal
2000 Not Reported Engine Burnover 0Federal
2002 Black Mesa RD Work Capacity Test 0Federal
2003 Aspen Ridge Helicopter 2Federal/Contractor
2003 Coronado National Forest Entrapment 0Federal
2003 Whiteriver Entrapment Prescribed Fire 1Federal
2004 Coronado NF Deployment 0Federal
2004 Coronado NF Lightning 0Federal
2004 Safford SEAT 1Contractor
2006 Gila Bend Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2007 Flagstaff Water Tender Rollover 0Contractor
2008 Grand Canyon Helicopter 1Federal
2008 Havasau Wildlife Refuge Heart Attack 1State
2008 Welton Burns 0State
2008 Yuma Burns 0Federal
2011 Coronado NF Entrapment 0Federal
2011 Coronado NF Entrapment 0Federal
2011 Fort Apache Agency Medical 1Federal
2012 Sells Driving 1Federal
2013 Yarnell Entrapment 19State
2014 Grand Canyon NP Medical 0Federal
2014 Kaibab NF Tree Strike 0Federal
2014 Parashant National Monum Medical 0Federal
2014 Phoenix District Medical 0Federal
2014 Star Valley Medical 1State
2015 Buenos Aires NWR Medical 1Contractor
2015 Phoenix District Medical 0Federal
2016 Coconino NF Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2016 Coronado NF medical 0Federal
2016 Fort Apache Agency Burnover/Entrapment 0Federal
2017 Coconino NF Entrapment 0Federal
2017 Coconino NF Medical 0Federal
2017 Not Reported Medical 0Unknown
2017 Tonta NF Medical 0Federal
Arkanasa Total Fatalities 0
2016 Ozark/St Francis Hazard Tree 0Federal
Arkansas Total Fatalities 15
1952 Glenville District Burnover 1Other
Page 2Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
1971 Banks Burnover 1Other
1984 Ouachita NF Burnover 2Federal
1984 Ouachita NF Dozer Burnover 2Federal
1989 Jacksonville Heart Attack 1Private
1996 Velma Burnover 0Volunteer
1998 East Crossett Dozer Burnover 1State
1999 Not Reported Heart Attack 1Federal
1999 West Fork Electrocution 1Volunteer
2004 Crossett Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2004 West Memphis Pedestrian 1Federal
2010 Lafayette County Vehicle Accident 1State
2011 Quachita NF Entrapment 0Federal
2012 Southern Stone County Hazard Tree 0State
2014 Chicot County Medical 1State
2014 Hot Springs NP Medical 0Federal
2014 Montgomery County Aviation Accident 1State
2016 Ozark-St Francis NF Medical 0Federal
2017 Ozark-St Francis NF Hazard Tree 0Contractor
California Total Fatalities 346
1926 Springville Burnover 5Federal
1930 Malibu Burnover 1State
1931 Mariposa Burnover 3State
1933 Griffith Park Burnover 25Other
1934 San Diego Burnover 1Federal
1935 Orange County Vehicle Accident 1State
1937 Shasta NF Burnover 1Federal
1938 Alpine Vehicle Accident 2Federal
1938 La Mesa Burnover 1Federal
1939 Carmel Burns 1State
1939 Toiyabe NF Burnover 5Federal
1942 Weed Vehicle Fire 1State
1943 Cleveland NF Burnover 11Federal
1943 Los Padres NF Dozer Burnover 1Federal
1943 Monterey Burns 1State
1945 San Diego Run Over by Dozer 1State
1946 San Luis Obispo Engine Rollover 1State
1947 Los Angeles Burnover 2Federal
1948 Cleveland NF Burnover 1Federal
1949 Napa Heart Attack 1State
1949 Oroville Vehicle Accident 3State
1949 Sonora Dozer Burnover 1Federal
1950 Cleveland NF Burnover 1State
1950 Orange Asphyxiation 1State
Page 3Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
1950 San Luis Obispo Burns 4State/Other
1952 Orange Burns 1State
1952 Riverside Burns 1State
1953 El Dorado RU Heart Attack 1State
1953 Mendocino NF Burnover 15State
1953 Not Reported Vehicle Accident 1State
1953 Tulare Heart Attack 1State
1954 Calaveras RU Dozer Rollover 1State
1954 San Benito RU Engine Hit by Train 1State
1954 Tahoe NF Burnover 3Federal
1954 Tulare Toxic Chemical Inhalation 1State
1955 Hacienda Burnover 5State
1956 Cleveland NF Burnover 11Federal
1956 Humboldt RU Heart Attack 1State
1956 San Bernardino NF Dozer Burnover 1Federal
1956 Shasta Vehicle Accident 4State
1956 Sonoma RU Heart Attack 1State
1958 Angeles NF Burnover 1Federal
1958 Cleveland NF Burnover 1Federal
1958 Shasta RU Electrocution 1State
1959 Angeles NF Burnover 1Federal
1959 Angeles NF Retardant Drop 2Unknown
1959 Butte RU Heart Attack 1State
1959 Cleveland NF Burnover 6Federal/State
1959 El Dorado RU Rolling Rock 1State
1959 San Bernardino NF Heart Attack 1Unknown
1959 San Luis Obispo Burns 1State
1959 Sequoia NF Aircraft 1Federal
1959 Sequoia NF Burnover 1Federal
1960 Angeles NF Airtanker 1Unknown
1960 Orange Pneumonia 1State
1960 Sequoia NF Aircraft 1State
1961 Angeles NF Burnover 1Federal
1961 Napa RU Burns 1State
1961 Sequoia NF Helicopter 3Federal
1962 Lassen-Modoc RU Heart Attack 1State
1962 Sierra NF Burnover 4Federal
1963 Mariposa RU Electrocution 1State
1963 Susanville-Lassen-Modoc Heart Attack 1State
1964 Los Padres NF Burnover 1Federal
1964 San Bernardino RU Engine Hit by Train 1State
1964 Tulare RU Heart Attack 1State
1964 Tuolumne RU Burns 1State
Page 4Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
1965 Eldorado NF Asphyxiation 1Federal
1965 Riverside RU Unknown 1State
1965 Santa Clara RU Heart Attack 1State
1966 Angeles NF Burnover 12Federal
1967 San Benito Monterey RU Vehicle Accident 1State
1967 San Bernardino NF Burnover 1Federal
1968 Angeles NF Burnover 1State
1968 Angeles NF Burnover 8State
1968 Angeles NF Helicopter 1Contractor
1968 Riverside RU Heart Attack 1State
1968 Sonoma RU Vehicle Accident 1State
1969 Butte RU Engine Rollover 1State
1970 Shasta-Trinity NF Smokejumper 1Federal
1971 Los Padres NF Burnover 4Federal
1971 San Bernardino NF Burnover 1Federal
1972 Los Padres NF Helicopter 7Contractor/Federal
1972 Mendocino RU Heart Attack 1State
1973 Bell Valley Burnover 1State
1973 Monterey RU Heart Attack 1State
1973 Tuolumne - Calavaras RU Helicopter 1State
1974 Coronado NF Unknown 1Federal
1975 San Benito-Monterey RU Electrocution 1State
1976 Malibu Rock 1State
1977 Angeles NF Helicopter 1State
1977 Vandengurg AFB Burnover 3Other
1978 San Luis Obispo RU Aircraft 1State
1978 Shasta RU Heat Stroke 1State
1979 Orange Toxic Chemicals 1State
1979 San Luis Obispo Burnover 4State
1979 Santa Clara RU Heat Stroke 1State
1979 Saratoga Springs Heart Attack 1State
1980 Not Reported Engine Rollover 1Unknown
1980 Santa Clara RU Engine Rollover 1State
1981 Angeles NF Burnover 1Federal
1982 Humboldt RU Heart Attack 1State
1984 Clear Lake Burnover 1State
1984 Jackson Electrocution 1State
1987 Klamath NF Heart Attack 1Federal
1987 Klamath NF Struck by Motorcycle 1Federal
1987 Klamath NF Vehicle Accident 1Other
1987 Klamath NF Vehicle Accident 1State
1987 Lauder Burnover 1State
1987 Shasta Trinity NF Aircraft 3Federal
Page 5Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
1987 Shasta Trinity NF Dozer Rollover 1Contractor
1987 Six Rivers NF Snag 1Other
1987 Stanislaus NF Snag 1Federal
1987 Unknown Airtanker Accident 1State
1988 Sequoia NF Aircraft 1Federal
1989 Los Padres NF Snag 1State
1989 Not Reported Snag 1State
1990 Los Padres NF Pulmonary Embolism 1Federal
1990 Mendocino NF Snag 1State
1990 Riverside RU Entrapment 2State
1990 Shasta Trinity NF Heart Attack 1State
1991 Oakland Burns 1Private
1991 Stanislaus NF Helicopter 1Federal
1992 Calavaras County Airtanker 1State
1992 El Dorado NF Aircraft 2Contractor
1993 Angeles NF Burnover 2State
1994 Angeles NF Airtanker 3Contractor/Federal
1994 Plumas NF Water Tender 1Contractor
1995 Ramona Aircraft 3Contractor/Federal
1996 Alturas Burnover 0Federal
1996 Calabasas Burnover 0State
1996 Kernville Burnover 0Federal
1996 Not Reported Suicide 1Federal
1996 San Gabriel Canyon Burnover 0Federal
1997 Eagle Lake Vehicle Accident 1Federal
1997 Not Reported Burnover 0Federal/State
1997 Not Reported Dozer Burnover 0Contractor
1997 Not Reported Heat Stroke 1State
1997 Not Reported Helicopter 1Contractor/Federal
1998 Lancaster Vehicle Accident 1County
1998 Not Reported Airtanker 1State
1998 Not Reported Burnover 0Volunteer
1998 Not Reported Heart Attack 1County
1998 Williams Vehicle Accident 1Federal
1999 Anderson Murder 1Contractor
1999 Junction City Run Over by Engine 1Volunteer
1999 Los Angeles 150-foot Fall 1County
1999 Not Reported Dozer Burnover 0Contractor
1999 Not Reported Electrocution 1Volunteer
1999 Not Reported Engine Burnover 0State
1999 Not Reported Heart Attack 1Federal
1999 Not Reported Heat Stroke 1City
1999 San Diego County Head Injury - Rock 1Federal
Page 6Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2000 Temecula Engine Entrapment 0State
2001 Daggett Engine Burnover 0Military
2001 Inyo NF Aneurysm 1Volunteer
2001 Not Reported Airtanker 2State
2001 Not Reported Burnover 0County
2002 Azusa Entrapment 0Federal
2002 Coleville Airtanker 3Contractor
2002 Coleville Water Tender Rollover 0Contractor
2002 Happy Camp Engine Rollover 3Federal
2002 Palmdale Entrapment 0State
2002 San Bernardino Engine Rollover 0State
2002 San Bernardino Entrapment 0State
2002 Sycuan Work Capacity Test 1Federal
2003 Highland Airtanker 2Contractor
2003 San Diego Engine Entrapment 1State
2003 Santa Barbara Heart Attack 1State
2003 Santa Clara Entrapment 0State
2004 Angeles NF Driving 1County
2004 Camino Tree Limb 0Federal
2004 Concord Vehicle Rollover 0County
2004 Kings Canyon NP Snag Prescribed Fire 1Federal
2004 Stanislaus NF Entrapment 1State
2005 Riverside County Engine Rollover 1State
2006 Bakersfield Vehicle Rollover 0Federal
2006 Cabazon Entrapment 5Federal
2006 Los Padres NF Vehicle Rollover 0Contractor
2006 Moorpark Engine Rollover 0State
2006 Nipinnawassee Fall 1Federal
2006 Pioneertown Entrapment 0Federal/State
2006 Plymouth Vehicle Rollover 0State
2006 San Bernardino NF Vehicle Rollover 0Federal
2006 Sierra County Entrapment 0State
2006 Six Rivers NF Crew Carrier Rollover 0Federal
2006 Springville Lead Plane 2State
2007 Bakersfield Engine Rollover 0Federal
2007 Chowchilla Vehicle Accident 0State
2007 Cleveland NF - Oak Valley Entrapment 0State
2007 Coachella Water Tender Accident 0County
2007 Coarsegold Engine Accident 0Federal
2007 Independence Entrapment 0Federal
2007 Klamath NF Helicopter 1Contractor
2007 Los Angeles County Burns 0State
2007 Los Padres NF Vehicle Left Roadway 0Contractor
Page 7Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2007 Orange County Entrapment 0County
2007 Ramona Retardant Drop 0State
2007 San Bernardino NF Crew Carrier Rollover 0Federal
2007 San Diego County Entrapment 0State
2007 San Jose Dozer Rollover 1State
2007 Shasta - Trinity NF Water Tender Rollover 0Contractor
2007 South Lake Tahoe Entrapment 0Federal
2007 Tuolumne-Calaveras Vehicle Accident 0State
2008 Aguanga Vehicle Rollover 0State
2008 Butte District Unit Burns 0State
2008 Corona Engine Burnover 0State
2008 French Gulch Watertender Rollover 0Contractor
2008 Hayfork Water Tender Rollover 0State
2008 Hollister Medical Compartment Syndrome 0State
2008 King City Engine Rollover 0Federal
2008 Lincoln Entrapment 0State
2008 Los Padres NF Entrapment 0Federal
2008 Los Padres NF Medical Compartment Syndrome 0Federal
2008 Paradise Burns 0State
2008 Paradise Dozer Rollover 0Contracor
2008 Philo Heart Attack 1State
2008 Platina Watertender Rollover 0Contractor
2008 Redding Hazard Tree 1Federal
2008 Redding Helicopter 9Contractor/Federal
2008 Sacramento Entrapment 0State
2008 Shasta-Trinity NF Burns 0Federal
2008 Shasta-Trinity NF Dozer Rollover 0Contractor
2008 Six Rivers NF Dozer Rollover 0Contractor
2008 Six Rivers NF Road Improvement 1Federal/Contractor
2008 Yreka Entrapment 1State
2009 Angeles NF Patrolling fire 0Federal
2009 Cleveland NF Medical 0State
2009 Los Angeles County Vehicle Accident 2County
2009 Los Molinos Vehicle Rollover 0Federal
2009 Meadow Valley Other 0Federal
2009 Pondosa Station Hazard Tree 0State
2009 Quincy Hazard Tree 0Federal
2009 San Bernardino NF Vehicle Accident 0State
2009 Santa Barbara Entrapment 0County
2009 Santa Cara County Burnover 0State
2009 Stanislaus NF Medical 0Federal
2009 Susanville Medical 1State
2009 Will Creek Aircraft Accident 1Federal
Page 8Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2010 California Desert District Burns 0Federal
2010 Death Valley Medical 0Federal
2010 Northern Region Medical 0State
2010 Northern Region Other 0State
2010 Plumas NF Burns 0Federal
2010 San Bernardino NF Vehicle Accident 0County
2011 Angeles NF Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2011 San Bernardino NF Medical 0Federal
2012 Mendocino NF Entrapment 0State
2012 Mexican border Medical 0State
2012 Northern Entrapment 0State
2012 Plumas NF Hazard Tree 0Contractor
2012 San Luis Obispo Medical 1State
2012 Santa Clarita Medical 1State
2012 Shasta-Trinity NF Entrapment 0Federal
2012 Skunk Ranch Road Driving 0State
2012 Southern Region Medical 1State
2013 Modoc NF Hazard Tree 1Federal
2013 Siskiyou NF Medical Emergency 1Contractor
2013 Three Rivers Medical 0Federal
2013 Tule River Agency Medical 0Federal
2014 Angeles NF Medical 0Federal
2014 Cal Fire Entrapment 0State
2014 Cal Fire Entrapment 0State
2014 Klamath NF Entrapment 0Contractor
2014 MEU Unit Burnover 0State
2014 Monte Vista Unit Medical 0State
2014 Redwood NP Deployment 0Federal
2014 S/L/V District Medical 0State
2014 Shasta-Trininty Unit Tree Strike 0Federal
2014 Sierra NF Tree Strike 0Federal
2014 Yosemite NP Aircraft Accident 1Contractor
2014 Yosemite NP Tree Strike 0Federal
2015 Lake Tahoe Basin MU Hazard Tree 1Federal
2015 Modoc NF Entrapment/Burnover 1Federal
2015 Morongo Reservation Medical 1State
2015 San Diego Unit Medical 0State
2015 Santa Clara County Medical 1State
2015 Sierra NF Medical 0Federal
2015 Sierra NF Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2015 S-LN Unit Medical 0State
2015 Three Rivers/Case Hazard Tree 0State
2016 Calaveras County Burnover 0State
Page 9Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2016 Central California District Burnover 0State
2016 Corning Medical 1Federal
2016 Los Angeles County Medical 1County
2016 Los Padres NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
2016 Los Padres NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
2016 Los Padres NF Other 1Contractor
2016 Not Reported Medical 0Federal
2016 Sequoia Kings Canyon NP Medical 0Federal
2016 Stanislaus NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
2016 Vandenberg AFB Burnover/Entrapment 0Federal/State/DOD
2016 Vandenberg AFB Vehicle Accident 1Local
2017 Fillmore Entrapment 1State
2017 Kern County Medical 1County
2017 Lakeside Other 1State
2017 Los Angeles County Heavy Equipment 0City
2017 Los Padres NF Burnover/Entrapment 0State
2017 Los Padres NF Other 0Federal
2017 Los Padres NF Vehicle 1Federal
2017 Napa Vehicle 1Contractor
2017 Northern Region Burnover/Entrapment 0Contractor
2017 Not Reported Hazard Tree 0State
2017 Not Reported Medical 0Local Gov
2017 Novato Vehicle 0Local Gov
2017 Plumas NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
2017 Plumas NF Medical 0Federal
2017 San Bernardino County Heavy Equipment 0Federal/ST
2017 San Luis Obispo Entrapment 0State
2017 Shasta-Trinity NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
2017 Sierra NF Medical 0Federal
2017 Sierra NF Medical 0Local Gov
2017 Six Rivers NF Hazard Tree 1State
2017 Six Rivers NF Medical 1Federal
Colorado Total Fatalities 40
1937 Roosevelt NF Burnover 1Federal
1976 Grand Junction Airtanker 1Federal
1976 Grand Junction Burnover 3Federal
1985 Columbia Dozer Burnover 1Unknown
1986 Montrose Aircraft 4Federal
1991 Routt NF Snag 1Federal
1992 Glenwood Springs Heart Attack 1Private
1994 Glenwood Springs Burnover 14Federal
2000 Bailey Engine Entrapment 0State
2001 Larkspur Heart Attack 1Volunteer
Page 10Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2002 Bayfield Felling 1Federal
2002 Estes Park Airtanker 2Contractor
2002 Estes Park Helicopter 1Contractor
2002 Parachute Vehicle Rollover 5Contractor
2004 Arapaho NF Burns Prescribed Fire 0Federal
2005 Silt Equipment Burnover 0Volunteer
2006 Eckley Burnover 0Volunteer
2008 Fort Carson SEAT 1Contractor
2008 Ordway Vehicle Accident 2State
2009 Craig Hazard Tree 1Federal
2012 Yuma County Entrapment 0State
2013 Rocky Mountain NP Medical 0Federal
2015 Gunnison/GM/U NF Medical 0Federal
2016 Arapaho-Roosevelt-Pawnee Medical 0Federal
2016 Interstate 25 Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2016 Pike/San Isabel NF Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2017 Montrose Vehicle 0Federal
2017 Not Reported Medical 0Federal
Connecticut Total Fatalities 2
1938 Winsted Snag 1Federal
2012 Redding Medical 1State
Florida Total Fatalities 22
1960 Not Reported Vehicle Burnover 1Other
1968 Ivey Dozer Burnover 1Unknown
1979 Okefenokee Dozer Burnover 1Other
1981 Kennedy Space Center Dozer Burnover 2Other
1985 Golden Gate Estates Dozer Burnover 1State
1985 Midway Charged Hose 1Unknown
1987 Iverness Heart Attack 1Private
1988 Bushnell Vehicle Accident 2Private
1988 Sebring Heart Attack 1Private
1988 Tampa Vehicle Accident 1Private
1990 Quincy Heart Attack 1Private
1993 Florahome Heart Attack 1Private
1997 Esero Heart Attack 1Contractor
1997 Fort Myers Burnover 0State
1998 Gainesville Burnover 0State
1998 Gainesville Florida Burnover 0State
1998 Not Reported Burnover 0State
1998 Not Reported Burnover 0State
1999 Golden Gate Burnover 0Volunteer
1999 Miami Burnover 0State
Page 11Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2000 Fort Myers Florida Helicopter 1State
2000 Merritt Vehicle Fire 0State
2000 Ocala Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2000 Orlando Engine Entrapment 0State
2004 Chipley Burns Prescribed Fire 0Volunteer
2004 Osceola NF Heart Attack 1Federal
2004 Rosewood Vehicle Rollover 1State
2004 Sebastian Burnover Prescribed Fire 0State
2005 Flager County Entrapment 0Federal
2005 Jacksonville Heart Attack 1State
2006 Tallahassee Burnover 0State
2007 Daytona Beach Falling Tree 1County
2008 Citrus County3 Vehicle Accident 0State
2008 Lakeland Entrapment 0State
2010 Indian River County Burnover 0State
2010 Nassau County Vehicle Accident 0State
2011 Brev/Volusia Counties Medical 0County
2011 Hamilton County Burnover 2State
2012 Apalachicola NF Entrapment 0Federal
2012 Brooksville Hazard Tree 0State
2013 Brevard County Driving 0Federal
2014 Big Cypress National Reser Vehicle Burned 0Federal
2015 Big Cypress NP Medical 0Federal
2017 Doubleside Burnover 0State
2017 Not Reported Aviation 0Country
2017 Okeechobee District Burnover 0State
Georgia Total Fatalities 14
1963 Not Reported Burnover Prescribed Fire 1Other
1973 Not Reported Heart Attack 8Other
1978 Terrell County Heat Stroke 1Other
1984 Cornelia Burnover 1Unknown
1994 Oconee NF Burnover 1Federal
1997 Macon Snag 1State
2002 Smyrna Water Tender Rollover 1Volunteer
2006 Clinch County Entrapment 0State
2007 Waynesville Burnover 0State
2009 Not Reported Ignition Pistol 0Federal
2011 Lincoln County Medical 0County
2011 McIntosh County Medical 0County
2015 Valdosta Medical 0Federal
2016 Bartow County Vehicle Accident 0State
2017 McIntosh County Burnover 0State
2017 Okefenokee NWR Burnover 0State
Page 12Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Hawaii Total Fatalities 2
1941 Kawailoa Burnover 2Other
Idaho Total Fatalities 137
1910 Coeur d'Alene Burnover 78Federal
1934 Pierce Snag 2Federal
1934 Sand Point Burnover 1Federal
1935 Clearwater NF Snag 1Federal
1939 Emida Burnover 1Federal
1939 Priest River Burnover 1Federal
1939 Priest River Snag 1Federal
1939 Riggins Burnover 1Federal
1940 Boise Burnover 1Federal
1940 Priest River Burnover 1Federal
1940 Salmon Burnover 1Federal
1943 Rogers Burnover 2Unknown
1944 McCall Heart Attack 1Federal
1946 Council Snag 1Federal
1949 McCall Burnover 1Federal
1949 McCall Burns 1Federal
1961 Clearwater NF Snag 1Federal
1961 Nez Perce NF Burnover 2Federal
1965 McCall Smokejumper Aircraft 2Federal
1972 Harris Ridge Suffocation 2Other
1974 Boise Aircraft Collision on Runway 1Contractor/Federal
1978 Shoshone Engine Rollover 1Federal
1979 Salmon NF Burnover 1Federal
1981 Paul Aircraft 3Federal
1986 Boise NF Vehicle Accident 4Federal
1988 Bellevue Vehicle Rollover 1Private
1989 Nez Perce NF Drowning 1Federal
1992 Cascade Snag 1Federal
1994 Boise NF Vehicle Accident 1Federal
1994 Payette NF Helicopter 1Military
1995 Kuna Engine Burnover 2Volunteer
1998 Cascade Vehicle Accident 2Contractor/Federal
1998 Not Reported Burns 0Federal
2000 Salmon Engine Entrapment 0Federal
2001 Lewis County Single Engine Airtanker 1Contractor
2002 Deary Engine Rollover 0State
2002 Deary Work Capacity Test 1Contractor
2002 Moscow Dozer Rollover 1Private
2003 Grangeville Heart Attack 1State
Page 13Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2003 Inkom Vehicle Rollover 1Volunteer
2003 Salmon Entrapment 2Federal
2006 Burley Run Over by Engine 0Federal
2006 Castleford Burnover 0Contractor
2006 Castleford Run Over by Engine 0Federal
2006 Mountain Home Run Over by Engine 0Federal
2006 Payette NF Helicopter 4Federal/Contractor
2006 Twin Falls Heavy Engine Rollover 0Federal
2006 Valley County Engine Rollover 0Federal
2007 Boise Vehicle Accident 0Contractor
2007 Boise NF ATV Rollover 0Federal
2007 Boise NF Falling Tree 0Federal
2007 Boise NF - Cascade Entrapment 0Contractor
2007 Boise NF - Cascade Vehicle Rollover 0Contractor
2007 Sweet Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2007 White Bird Burns 0Federal
2009 Boise Medical 0Federal
2010 Sawtooth NF Medical 0Federal
2011 Salmon-Challis NF Entrapment 0Contractor
2011 Twin Falls Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2012 Boise District Medical 0Federal
2012 Boise NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
2012 Fort Hall Reservation Entrapment 0Federal
2012 Nez Perce-Clearwater NF Hazard Tree 1Federal
2013 Coeur d'Alene Medical 1Contractor
2013 Idaho City Medical 0Federal
2013 Payette NF Driving 0Federal
2013 Smith's Prairie Training 1Federal
2014 Boise NF Medical 0Federal
2014 Emmett Ridges Medical 0Federal
2014 Idaho Dept of Lands Medical 0Federal
2014 Lincoln County Engine Burned 0Federal
2014 Payette NF Medical 0Federal
2015 Boise Smokejumping 0Federal
2015 Boise District Medical 1Federal
2015 Boise NF Medical 0Federal
2015 Boise NF Medical 0Federal
2015 Boise NF Smokejumping 0Federal
2015 Nez Perce/Clearwater NF Smokejumping 0Federal
2016 Boise NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
2016 Boise NF Medical 0Federal
2016 Nez Perce/Clearwater NF Medical 0Federal
2017 Shoshone NF Medical 0Federal
Page 14Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Illinois Total Fatalities 1
1988 Not Reported Electrocution 1Private
Indiana Total Fatalities 5
1988 New Albany Vehicle Rollover 1Private
1999 Clark Run Over by Engine 1Volunteer
1999 LaPorte Engine Rollover 1Volunteer
2000 LaPointe Vehicle Accident 1Volunteer
2012 Fort Wayne Driving 1Volunteer
2012 Lafayette Medical 0State
Iowa Total Fatalities 2
2000 Winterset Flying Debris 1Volunteer
2003 Oran Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2004 Glenwood Burnover 0Volunteer
2009 Pulaski Vehicle Accident 0State
Kansas Total Fatalities 13
1967 Range Burnover 1Other
1976 Buhler Burnover 1Other
1983 Claflin Burnover 1Unknown
1987 Douglas Run Over by Engine 1Private
1987 Unknown 1Unknown
1990 Wichita Heat Stroke 1Private
1991 Marysville Heart Attack 1Private
2005 Hardtner Electrocution 1Volunteer
2005 Hutchinson Vehicle Accident 1Volunteer
2006 Brewster Vehicle Rollover 0Federal
2007 Wichita Electrocution 1County
2009 Not Reported Medical 1Volunteer
2010 Peru Medical 1State
2011 Lincoln County Burnover 0County
2015 Caney Medical 1State
2016 Tallgrass National Preserve Burnover 0Local
Kentucky Total Fatalities 17
1965 Fairview Hollow Burnover 3State
1983 Clay County Aircraft Accident 1Federal
1984 Not Reported Run Over by Engine 1Unknown
1987 East Bernstadt Heart Attack 1Private
1988 Munfordville Run Over by Engine 1Private
1991 Fleming Neon Burnover 2Volunteer
1999 Island Fork/Burrs Branch Burnover 2Volunteer
2001 Hillsbora Engine Rollover 1Volunteer
Page 15Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2004 Mayking Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2004 Wickcliffe Driving 1Volunteer
2009 Cumberland Gap NHP Hazard Tree 0Federal
2010 Smithland Hazard Tree 0State
2011 Kentucky DOF Hazard Tree 1State
2011 Westport Medical 1County
2016 Clay County Hazard Tree 1Local
Louisiana Total Fatalities 3
1984 Forest Hill Vehicle Accident 1Unknown
1992 Mansfield Vehicle Accident 1Private
1999 Winn Parish Dozer Burnover 0State
1999 Zwolle Semi-truck 1Volunteer
2015 Kisatchie NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
Maine Total Fatalities 4
1983 Beverly Burnover 1Unknown
1987 Swansea Heart Attack 1Private
1995 South China Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1999 Not Reported Heart Attack 1Volunteer
Maryland Total Fatalities 3
1990 Havre de Grace Vehicle Accident 1Private
1995 Princess Ann Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1999 Emmitsburg Heart Attack 1Volunteer
Massachusetts Total Fatalities 0
2010 Lynnfield Medical 0State
Massechusetts Total Fatalities 0
2014 Princeton Medical 0State
Michigan Total Fatalities 8
1937 Huron NF Burnover 1Federal
1937 Huron NF Burnover 1Federal
1967 Not Reported Burns 1Other
1980 Huron Manistee NF Burnover 1Federal
1991 New Buffalo Heart Attack 1Private
2004 Eaton Rapids Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2014 Huron Manistee NF Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2016 Blaine Vehicle Accident 2Federal
2017 Huron Manistee NF Medical 0Federal
Minnesota Total Fatalities 3
1989 Woodlake Heart Attack 1Private
1999 Wilmont Heart Attack 1Volunteer
Page 16Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2008 Pine City Medical 1State
2011 Superior NF Evacuation 0Federal
2015 Carlton County Medical 0State
2016 Sherburne NWR Vehicle Accident 0Federal
Mississippi Total Fatalities 9
1987 Summit Heart Attack 1Private
1999 Alcorn Tractor Plow Burnover 0State
2001 Homochitto RD Heart Attack 1Federal
2004 Gloster Driving 1Volunteer
2004 Pascagoula Vehicle Rollover 1Volunteer
2005 Beaumont Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2009 Grenada County Electrocution 0Volunteer
2014 East Fork Medical 1State
2015 De Soto NF Aviation 2Federal/Contractor
2017 Bassfield Medical 1Local Gov
Missouri Total Fatalities 10
1989 Noel Vehicle Accident 1Private
1994 Trendon Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1996 Golden City Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1998 Grandy Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1999 West Plains Electrocution 1Volunteer
2000 Atoka Vehicle Accident 1Volunteer
2000 Kimbling Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2003 Salisbury Sickness 1Volunteer
2006 Salem Entrapment 0Federal
2009 Harrisburg Vehicle Accident 0Volunteer
2009 Odessa Medical 1State
2012 Missouri Forestry Hazard Tree 0City
2013 Mark Twain NF Medical 0Federal
2017 Memphis Vehicle Rollover 1Local Gov
2017 Not Reported Hazard Tree 0Federal
Montana Total Fatalities 47
1931 Lewis and Clark NF Burnover 5Federal
1933 Basin Hypothermia 1Federal
1934 Glacier NP Snag 1Federal
1934 Lincoln NF Snag 1Federal
1937 Missoula Burnover 1Federal
1949 Helena NF Burnover 13Federal
1967 Kootenai NF Burnover 2Federal
1984 Humansville Burnover 2Unknown
1988 Flathead NF Snag 1Federal
Page 17Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
1988 Not Reported Engine Rollover 1Federal
1988 Not Reported Snag 1Other
1988 Not Reported Vehicle Accident 1Federal
1991 Missoula Fire Training 1Federal
1991 Not Reported Aircraft 2Federal
1994 Missoula Airtanker 2Contractor/Federal
1996 Colsptrip Burnover 2Private
1996 Monarch Burnover 0Federal
1996 Red Lodge Burnover 0Federal
1999 Pompeys Pillar Dozer Burnover 0Volunteer
2001 Livingston Helicopter 3Contractor
2001 Not Reported Snag 1Federal
2002 Dillon Work Capacity Test 1State
2003 Missoula Heart Attack 1State
2004 Bridger Work Capacity Test 1Volunteer
2005 Deer River Entrapment 0Federal
2005 Tarkio Deployment 0Contractor
2007 Bitterroot NF Snag 0Federal
2007 Gallatin NF Burnover 0County
2007 Gallatin NF Entrapment 0Federal
2007 Lewis and Clark NF Entrapment 0Federal
2008 Kalispell Lightning 0Federal
2008 Neihart Hazard Tree 0Federal
2008 Ryegate Vehicle Accident 0State
2010 South Central Hazard Tree 0Federal
2012 Kootenai NF Medical 0Federal
2014 Fort Shaw Vehicle Accident 1State
2014 Western Zone Medical 0Federal
2016 Olney Road Vehicle Accident 0State
2017 Flathead Agency Entrapment 0Federal
2017 Flathead Agency Heavy Equipment 0Contractor
2017 Lolo NF Entrapment 0Federal
2017 Lolo NF Hazard Tree 1Contractor
2017 Lolo NF Hazard Tree 1Federal
2017 Lolo NF Medical 0Unknown
2017 Lolo NF Medical 0Federal
2017 Not Reported Vehicle 0State
2017 Swan River State Forest Medical 0Unknown
Nebraska Total Fatalities 3
1994 Lewellen Water Tender 1Volunteer
1999 North Platte Tractor Plow Burnover 0Volunteer
1999 Not Reported Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2002 Melbeta Burnover 0Volunteer
Page 18Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2002 Palisade Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2011 Not available Medical 0County
2012 Custer NF Driving 0Federal
Nevada Total Fatalities 25
1934 Long Point Snag 1Federal
1939 Paradise Valley Burnover 5Federal
1973 Eureka Airtanker 2Contractor/Federal
1980 Ely District Aircraft 4Contractor/Federal
1983 Not Reported Burnover 1Federal
1996 Dutch Flat Burnover 0Federal
1996 Genoa Burnover 0Federal/Private
1996 Not Reported Burnover 0Federal
1999 Elko Entrapment 0Federal
1999 Not Reported Burnover 0Federal
2000 Fallon Helicopter 1Contractor
2000 Montello Helicopter 1Federal
2000 Not Reported Engine Entrapment 0Volunteer
2000 Pahrump Entrapment 0Federal
2000 Winnemucca Dozer Entrapment 0Contractor
2003 Silver City Engine Entrapment 0State
2004 Carson City Burnover 0Federal
2005 Orovada Equipment Burnover 0Federal
2006 Denio Entrapment 0Federal
2006 Elko Entrapment 0Federal
2006 Elko Heavy Engine Rollover 0Federal
2006 Winnemucca Heavy Engine Rollover 0Federal
2007 Jackpot Entrapment 0Federal
2008 McGill Vehicle Rollover 0Federal
2008 Stead Airtanker 3Contractor
2008 Winnemucca Work Capacity Test 0State
2009 Fallon Aircraft Accident 1Contractor
2010 Carson City District Burns 0Federal
2012 Ely District Aircraft Accident 2Contractor
2012 Winnemucca District Entrapment 0Federal
2014 Carson City Medical 0Federal
2014 Ely Medical 0Federal
2014 Hunger Valley Medical 1State
2015 Humboldt-Toiyabe NF Medical 0Federal
2015 Nevada County Entrapment/Burnover 0State/Federal
2016 Battle Mountain District Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2016 Elko District Medical 0Federal
2016 Great Basin NP Hazard Tree 1Federal
2016 Winnemucca District Vehicle Accident 2Federal
Page 19Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2017 Carson City District Entrapment 0Federal
2017 Elko District Medical 0State
New Hampshire Total Fatalities 1
2016 Orford Medical 1Local
New Jersey Total Fatalities 17
1936 Chatsworth Burnover 5Other
1936 New Greta Burnover 3Federal
1955 Brickyard Burnover 1Other
1977 Bass River Burnover 4Other
1977 Not Reported Burnover 1Unknown
1993 Howell Hit by Vehicle 1Private
1999 Vineland Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2013 Hunterdon County Vehicle Accident 1State
New Mexico Total Fatalities 22
194 Coffee Pot Burnover 0Federal
1940 Lincoln NF Burnover 1Federal
1940 Ruidoso Burnover 1Federal
1983 Nara Vista Burnover 1Unknown
1987 White Sands Airtanker 2Army
1989 Bent Heart Attack 1Private
1991 Cibola NF Lead Plane 1Federal
1993 San Ysidro Burnover Prescribed Fire 1Federal
1994 Gila NF Helicopter 3Federal
1994 Not Reported Burnover 0Federal
1995 Willard Vehicle Accident 1Volunteer
1998 Not Reported Aircraft 2Contractor/Federal
1998 Not Reported Burnover 0Volunteer
2000 Alamogordo Aircraft 2Contractor/Federal
2000 Not Reported Engine Burnover 0Federal
2000 Riudoso Single Engine Airtanker 1Contractor
2002 Not Reported Felling 0Federal
2002 Socorro Bus Rollover 0Contractor
2003 Terry Canyon Water Tender Rollover 1Volunteer
2004 Magdelena Driving 0Federal
2006 Las Vegas Entrapment 0Federal
2006 Maxwell Vehicle Rollover 1Contractor
2007 Gila NF Smokejumper 0Federal
2007 Grants UTV Fire Polaris Ranger 6x6 0Federal
2008 Radium Springs Vehicle Accident 0State
2011 Sliver City Medical 0Federal
2012 Taos Driving 0Federal
Page 20Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2013 Bernalillo District Medical 0Federal
2013 Ohkay Owingeh Medical 1Federal
2013 Santa Fe NF Driving 1Federal
2014 Gila NF Medical 0Federal
2015 Farmington District Medical 0Federal
2015 Gila NF Smokejumping 0Federal
2017 Not Reported Medical 0County
2017 Not Reported Medical 0Federal
2017 Obar Burnover/Entrapment 1Local Gov
New York Total Fatalities 5
1983 Utica Burnover 1Unknown
1989 Ghent Heart Attack 1Private
1993 Monhiggin Lake Heart Attack 1Private
1995 Gallupville Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1995 Rocky Point Burnover 0Volunteer
2006 Millerton Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2012 Manorville Entrapment 0State
North Carolina Total Fatalities 16
1960 Silver City Burnover 1Other
1965 Helker Burnover 1Other
1968 North Carolina Burns 1Other
1968 Not Reported Burns 1Private
1983 Hope Mill Burnover 1Unknown
1988 Fayetteville Snag 1Private
1995 Columbus County Burnover 0State
2003 Chapel Hill Work Capacity Test 1State
2005 Knightdale Snag 1Volunteer
2006 Waynesville Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2007 Catawba Driving 0Volunteer
2007 Morrisville Vehicle Accident 1State
2007 Pender County Burnover 0State
2008 Lenoir Snag 0State
2008 Saluda Scouting Fireline 1State
2008 Verona Struck by Semi-truck 2State
2009 Swanannoa Lightning 0State
2009 Whitakers Medical 1Volunteer
2010 Jackson County Burnover 0State
2010 NFs of NC Medical 0Federal
2011 Manteo Burnover 0Federal
2013 Mackay Island NWR Medical 1State
2014 Montgomery County Vehicle Accident 0State
2016 Maple Springs Medical 1Federal
Page 21Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
North Dakota Total Fatalities 1
2002 Long Lake NWR Engine Collision 0Federal
2004 Hebron Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2005 Wilton Burnover 0Volunteer
Ohio Total Fatalities 7
1983 Holland Burnover 1Unknown
1983 Medina Burnover 1Unknown
1989 Wayne-Hoosier NF Methane Gas 1State
1999 Cygnet Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2003 Gallipolis Water Tender Rollover 1Volunteer
2010 Laura Medical 1State
2010 Ross County Other 1State
2010 Walhonding Valley Hazard Tree 0City
Oklahoma Total Fatalities 14
1979 Not Reported Burnover 1Unknown
1990 Wellston Heart Attack 1Private
1994 Alva Engine Rollover 1Volunteer
1994 Wichita Mt Refuge Burnover 0Federal
1996 Castle Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1996 Mariette Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1996 Wayne Engine Rollover 1Volunteer
1999 Ouapaw Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1999 Stringtown Burnover 0State
2005 Eufaula Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2006 Duncan Burnover 1Volunteer
2006 Ponca City Run Over by Vehicle 1Federal
2008 Dewey County Entrapment 0State
2009 Atoka County Vehicle Accident 1Volunteer
2009 Logan County Entrapment 0Volunteer
2009 Mannford Medical 1Volunteer
2009 Wellston Entrapment 0Federal
2011 Nobel County Medical 1County
2011 Not available Burnover 0County
2011 Oklahoma State Medical 0County
2011 Oklahoma State Vehicle Accident 0State
2013 Wilburton Driving 0State
2016 Kay County Vehicle Accident 0Local
2016 Lone Grove Vehicle Accident 0Local
2016 Nowata County Vehicle Accident 0Local
2016 Waukomis Vehicle Accident 0Local
2017 Not Reported Medical 0Local Gov
Page 22Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2017 Not Reported Vehicle 1Local
2017 Ringling Burnover/Entrapment 0Local Gov
2017 Seminole Burnover/Entrapment 0Local Gov
Oregon Total Fatalities 41
1933 Medford Burnover 1Federal
1935 Rogue River NF Burnover 1Federal
1936 Astoria Snag 1Federal
1936 Eugene Vehicle Accident 1Federal
1936 Not Reported Burnover 1Federal
1941 Mount Hood NF Burnover 2Federal
1941 Not Reported Vehicle Accident 1Federal
1955 Malheur NF Burnover 1Federal
1960 Siskiyou NF Snag 1Federal
1960 Umatilla NF Burnover 1Federal
1978 Lost Creek Burnover 1Federal
1979 Not Reported Unknown 1Other
1984 Cottage Grove Burnover 1Unknown
1984 Sweet Home Burnover Prescribed Fire 1Federal
1985 Warm Springs Burnover 2Federal
1988 Hood River Heart Attack 1Private
1988 Not Reported Aircraft 1Federal
1988 Not Reported Entrapment Prescribed Fire 1Other
1990 Malheur NF Stroke 1Federal
1992 Willamete NF Snag 1State
1993 Forest Grove Vehicle Rollover 1State
1994 Medford Dozer Burnover 1Contractor
1996 Galena Burnover 0Federal
1998 Coos Bay Heart Attack 1Federal
2002 Silver Lake Entrapment 0Contractor
2002 Tiller Fell into River 0Federal
2003 Mapleton Vehicle Rollover 0Contractor
2003 Vale Driving 8Contractor
2003 Wallowa Vehicle Accident 0Contractor
2004 The Dalles Work Capacity Test 1State
2006 Klamath Helicopter 2Contractor
2006 Umpqua NF Crew Carrier Rollover 0Federal
2008 Deschutes NF Hazard Tree 0Contractor
2008 Medford Hazard Tree 0Federal
2009 Prinvelle District Entrapment 0Federal
2010 Mt. Hood NF Medical 0Federal
2011 Lakeview Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2012 Prineville Driving 0Contractor
2013 Deschutes NF Hazard Tree 1Contractor
Page 23Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2013 Medford District Driving Rollover 1Contractor
2013 Vale District Medical Emergency 1Contractor
2014 Burns Disrtict Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2014 Central District Vehicle Accident 0Contractor
2014 Freemont-Winema NF Medical 1Contractor
2014 Ochoco NF Medical 0Federal
2014 Rogueriver-Siskiyou NF Tree Strike 0Contractor
2014 Wallowa Whitman NF Medical 0Federal
2014 Warm Springs Agency Medical 0Contractor
2014 Warm Springs Agency Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2014 Warm Springs Agency Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2014 Willamette NF Tree Strike 0Contractor
2015 Deschutes NF Medical 0Federal
2015 Merlin High School Medical 1State
2015 Umpqua NF Smokejumping 0Federal
2016 Lakeview District Burnover 0Federal
2016 Rogue River-Siskiyou NF Medical 0Federal
2016 Southeast Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2016 Umpqua NF Medical 0Federal
2016 Vale District Medical 0Federal
2017 Fremont-Winema NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
2017 Fremont-Winema NF Medical 0Federal
2017 Not Reported Medical 0Federal
2017 Not Reported Medical 0Unknown
2017 Princeton Vehicle 0Federal
2017 Rogue River-Siskiyou NF Entrapment 0Unknown
2017 Rogue River-Siskiyou NF Medical 0Contractor
2017 Rogue River-Siskiyou NF Medical 0State
2017 Umatilla NF Vehicle Rollover 0Contractor
2017 Wallowa-Whitman NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
2017 Willamette NF Hazard Tree 0Contractor
2017 Willamette NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
Pennsylvania Total Fatalities 15
1938 Emporium Burnover 8Federal
1983 Avoca Burnover 1Unknown
1989 Conneaut Lake Heart Attack 1Private
1997 Blair Aircraft 2State/Contractor
1997 Lebanon Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1999 Cochranville Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1999 Lebanon Heart Attack 1Volunteer
2016 PA Game Commission Medical 0State
Page 24Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
South Carolina Total Fatalities 10
1967 Windsor Burnover 1Other
1981 Williams Hill Burnover 1Unknown
1985 Summersville Dozer Burnover 1Unknown
1988 Not Reported Stroke 1Private
1996 Dillon Vehicle Accident 1Volunteer
1996 Landrum Vehicle Accident 1Volunteer
2002 Bayboro Burnover 0State
2007 Frances Marion NF - Huger Driving 1Federal
2009 Horry County Burnover 0State
2009 Horry County Entrapment 0State
2010 Richland County Struck by Vehicle 1State
2013 Loris County Medical 1State
2013 St. George Driving 1State
2014 Francis Marion/Sumpter NF Medical 0Federal
2017 Not Reported Vehicle Rollover 0Unknown
2017 Not Reported Vehicle Rollover 0Unknown
South Dakota Total Fatalities 10
1940 Black Hills NF Burnover 1Federal
1988 Timber Lake Heart Attack 1Private
2000 Delmont Engine Burnover 1Volunteer
2000 Not Reported Engine Entrapment 0Federal
2002 Marcus Fell From Engine 1Volunteer
2006 Eagle Butte Entrapment 0Federal
2006 Elkton Towing Accident 1Volunteer
2006 New Holland Entrapment Prescribed Fire 0Federal
2007 Black Hills NF - Hot Springs Entrapment 0Federal
2010 Doland Burnover 0State
2011 Eastern Entrapment 0County
2011 Edgemont Burnover 1State
2011 Lower Brule Agency Burnover 0County
2012 Black Hills NF Aircraft Accident 4Federal
2015 Wind Cave NP Rollover UTV 0Federal
2016 Black Hills NF Medical 0Federal
2017 Black Hills NF Vehicle 0Federal
2017 Not Reported Medical 0Unknown
Southern Area Total Fatalities 1
1983 Southern Area Aircraft 1Unknown
Tennessee Total Fatalities 15
1954 Gap Creek Burnover 3Other
1972 Morgan County Suffocation 1Other
Page 25Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
1991 Hendersonville Engine Rollover 1Private
1994 Not Reported Burnover 1Private
1995 Greebriar Heart Attack 1State
1999 Cokkville Drowning 1State
2001 Not Reported Burnover 1State
2002 Flag Pond Entrapment 0Federal
2006 Bolivar Snag 1State
2007 Knoxville Vehicle Rollover 1Federal
2007 Nashville Heart Attack 1State
2009 Great Smokey NP Hazard Tree 0Contractor
2010 Milledgeville Medical 1State
2013 Church Hill Medical 1State
2014 Cooke Country Medical 1State
Texas Total Fatalities 35
1959 Pennington Burnover 1Other
1977 Riverside Burns 1Other
1979 Not Reported Burns 1Unknown
1980 Not Reported Burnover 1Unknown
1984 Joshua Burnover 1Unknown
1984 Not Reported Burnover 1Unknown
1984 Spicewood Burnover 1Unknown
1987 Azle Heart Attack 1Private
1987 Cisco Heart Attack 1Private
1988 San Antonio Heart Attack 1Private
1989 Not Reported Burns 1Unknown
1992 Bryan Vehicle Accident 1Private
1992 Caldwell Vehicle Accident 1Private
1992 Crowley Vehicle Rollover 1Private
1992 Menard Vehicle Accident 1Private
1993 Lulkin Heart Attack 1Private
1995 Claude Vehicle Hit by Train 2Volunteer
1995 Era Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1998 Colorado City Vehicle Accident 1Volunteer
1998 Not Reported Burnover 0State
1998 Not Reported Burnover 0Volunteer
1998 Not Reported Vehicle Accident 1Volunteer
1999 Big Bend Burnover Prescribed Fire 0Federal
1999 Not Reported Burnover 0Federal
1999 Woodville Crushed by Engine 1Volunteer
2000 Not Reported All-terrain Vehicle 1State
2002 Wichita Falls Run Over By Engine 1Volunteer
2003 Angelina NF Helicopter 2State
2005 Cameron Garden Burnover 0Volunteer
Page 26Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2005 Hamilton Vehicle Rollover 1Volunteer
2005 Shelbyville Helicopter 3Federal
2006 Groom Engine Rollover 1Volunteer
2006 Milam Entrapment Prescribed Fire 0Federal
2006 Montague Dozer Accident 0Federal
2006 Shamrock Burnover 0Volunteer
2006 Yancy Burnover 0Volunteer
2008 Archer City Vehicle Accident 0State
2009 Abilene Vehicle Accident 0Volunteer
2009 Huntsville Entrapment 0State
2009 Lagarto Burnover 0Volunteer
2010 Newton County Burnover 0State
2011 Eastland County Vehicle Accident 1County
2011 Jasper County Vehicle Accident 1County
2011 Mineral Wells Medical 1Federal
2011 Moore County Burnover 1County
2011 Not available Medical 0County
2011 Not available Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2015 Angelina/Sabine NF Medical 0Federal
2017 Davie Crocket NF Vehicle 0Federal
2017 Palo Pinto County Medical 0State
Unknown Total Fatalities 10
1910 Cabinet NF Burnover 4Federal
1910 Pend Oreille NF Burnover 2Federal
1945 Williams Canyon Burns 1State
1971 Not Reported Drowning 1Other
1972 Not Reported Heart Attack 1Unknown
1983 Mechlenburg Dozer Burnover 1Unknown
Utah Total Fatalities 19
1950 Dinosaur National Monume Medical 1Federal
1961 Not Reported Contact with Aircraft Rotor 1State
1975 Stockton Burnover 2Private
1977 Ashley NF Burnover 3Federal
1990 Waist State Park Entrapment 2State
1996 Bryee Canyon Vehicle Rollover 1Federal
1996 Fruitland Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1998 Not Reported Burnover 0County
1998 Scipio Burnover 0Volunteer
1999 Not Reported Burnover 0Federal
2000 Not Reported Lightning 2State
2002 Price Entrapment 0Federal
2004 St. George SEAT 1Contractor
Page 27Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2004 St. George Vehicle Burnover 0Federal
2006 Box Elder County Entrapment 0Federal
2006 Fishlake NF Entrapment 1Federal
2007 Ashley NF Engine Rollover 0Federal
2007 Manti-LaSal NF - Moab Finger in Contact with Moving Part 0Federal
2009 Oquirrh Mountains Aircraft Accident 3Contractor
2010 Dixie NF Medical 0Federal
2012 Oak City Entrapment 0State
2015 Green River Medical 0Federal
2016 Dixie NF Other 0Federal
2016 West Desert District Burnover 0Federal
2017 Not Reported Medical 0Unknown
2017 Not Reported Medical 0Unknown
2017 Not Reported Medical 0Unknown
2017 Not Reported Other 1Contractor
2017 Wasatch Cache NF Medical 0Federal
Vermont Total Fatalities 4
1984 Northfield Burnover 3Unknown
2016 Franklin County Medical 1State
Virginia Total Fatalities 5
1953 Bonnie Blue Burnover 1Other
1964 Joshua Falls Burnover 1Other
1971 Eagle Rock Burnover 1Other
1998 Not Reported Dozer Burnover 0State
2005 Buchanan County Burnover 1Volunteer
2006 Sylvatus Burnover 0Volunteer
2007 Shockoe Entrapment 0State
2008 Buckingham County Entrapment 0State
2008 Suffolk Snag 0Contractor
2010 Eastern Shore Medical 1State
2015 Washington/Jefferson NF Medical 0Federal
2017 Not Reported Medical 0Local Gov
Washington Total Fatalities 41
1929 Colville Burnover 1Federal
1933 Okanagon NF Burnover 2Federal
1938 Colville Snag 1Federal
1974 Not Reported Engine Rollover 5Unknown
1977 Not Reported Burnover 1Unknown
1977 Okanogan NF Burnover 1Federal
1985 Wenatchee NF Snag 1Federal
1985 Winthrop Helicopter 1Contractor
Page 28Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
1986 Not Reported Snag 1Unknown
1987 Okanogan NF Snag 1Contractor
1988 Not Reported Aircraft 2Other
1988 Wenatchee NF Helicopter 2State
1989 Wenatchee NF Heart Attack 1Federal
1990 Colville Reservation Helicopter 1Other
1990 Grand Coulee Asphyxiation 1Private
1990 Olympic NF Aircraft 2Federal
1992 Kennewick Vehicle Rollover 1Private
1994 Wenatchee NF Heart Attack 1Contractor
1995 Malo Heart Attack 1Volunteer
1996 Cold Creek Burnover 0Volunteer
1996 Strawberry Flat Burnover 0Federal
1998 Not Reported Burnover 0State
2001 Moses Lake Aneurysm 1Volunteer
2001 Not Reported Vehicle Fire 0Contractor
2001 Okanogan Dozer Burnover 0Contractor/Federal
2001 Winthrop Burnover 4Federal
2002 Yakima Entrapment 0Contractor/Federal
2003 Colville Helicopter 1Contractor
2004 Coleville Heart Attack 1Contractor
2004 Wenatchee NF Helicopter 1Contractor
2008 Okanogan-Wenatchee NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
2008 Spokane Agency Burns 0Federal
2010 Adams County Vehicle Accident 1State
2010 Kahlotus Entrapment 0Federal/State
2010 Yakima Burnover 0State
2012 Okanogan/Wenatchee NF Medical 1Contractor
2012 Southeast Region Entrapment 0State
2013 Arcadia District Hazard Tree 1State
2014 Colville Agency Vehicle Accident 0Federal
2014 Okanogan-Wenatchee NF Vehicle Accident 0State
2014 Wallowa-Whitman NF Tree Strike 0Federal
2015 NE Washington Entrapment 3FederalState
2015 SE Washington Rollover 0Contractor
2015 Umatilla NF Rollover Engine 0Federal
2017 Not Reported Vehicle 0Federal
2017 Okanogan-Wenatchee NF Hazard Tree 0Federal
2017 Okanogan-Wenatchee NF Medical 0Unknown
2017 Okanogan-Wenatchee NF Vehicle 0Local Gov
West Virginia Total Fatalities 3
1941 Monongahela NF Burnover 1Federal
2000 Elkins Heart Attack 1Federal
Page 29Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
2001 Cameron Engine Rollover 1Volunteer
2010 Oak Hill Medical 0Federal
2014 Harpers Ferry Historical Par Medical 0State
Wisconsin Total Fatalities 9
1934 Chequamegon NF Vehicle Rollover 1Federal
1937 Nicolet NF Burnover 1Federal
1967 Ginnis Lake Burnover 1Other
1982 Canoe Landing Dozer Burnover 1State
1988 Rosholt Vehicle Accident 1Private
1992 Fond Du Dic Heart Attack 1Private
1994 Augusta Burnover 1Volunteer
2000 Eau Clair Dozer Burnover 0State
2003 Elkhart Lake Collapsed 1Volunteer
2006 Montello Entrapment 0State
2006 Montello Entrapment 0State
2009 Marshfield Aircraft Accident 1State
2011 Chequamegon-Nicolet NF Medical 0Federal
Wyoming Total Fatalities 24
1936 Camp Moskee Snag 1Federal
1937 Cody Burnover 15Federal
1940 Yellowstone NP Snag 1Federal
1988 Not Reported Aircraft 1Federal
1988 Not Reported Aircraft 1Other
1988 Shoshone NF Snag 1Federal
1996 Cody Burnover 0Federal
2000 Thermopolis Engine Entrapment 1Federal
2002 Evanston Felling 0Federal
2002 Rock Springs Tractor/Tender Burnover 0Federal
2003 New Castle Water Tender Rollover 1Volunteer
2006 Cody Entrapment 0Federal
2007 Bighorn NF Entrapment 0Federal
2012 Casper Medical 1State
2013 Thunder Basin Driving Rollover 0Federal
2014 High Desert District Medical 0State
2014 Medicine Bow-Routt NF Tree Strike 0Federal
2014 Newcastle Medical 1State
2015 Rock Springs Medical 0Federal
2016 Not Reported Medical 0Contractor
2016 Unita County Medical 0Federal
2016 Wind River District Medical 0County
2017 Not Reported Vehicle 0Federal
Page 30Wildland Fire Accidents by State
Year Place Type of Accident Fatalities
Wildland Fire Accidents by State
1128Total Fatalities
Page 31Wildland Fire Accidents by State