Since 1998, NIOSH has conducted independent investigations of firefighter line-of-duty deaths and recommended ways to prevent deaths and injuries through the Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP). A recent article, “Summary of recommendations from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program, 2006–2014” provides information on recent FFFIPP recommendations. The article also examines whether recommendations have changed over time by comparing data from this analysis to that from a prior analysis of FFFIPP investigations and recommendations from 1998-2005. From 2006–2014, there were 742 firefighter line-of-duty deaths (NFPA, 2017). NIOSH’s FFFIPP initiated
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