Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program

The Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) is administered by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the Center for Disease Controland 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: 1.) to better define the characteristics of line of duty deaths among firefighters, 2.) to develop recommendations for the prevention of deaths and injuries, and 3.) to disseminate prevention strategies to the fire service. [ [http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/implweb.html "Traumatic Occupational Injuries,"] "Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program", Accessed July 15, 2007.] 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. [cite web|url= http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/ |title=NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program |accessdate=2007-10-23|publisher=United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health] The NIOSH-FFFIPP currently has a 14 person staff and a $2 million dollar budget [http://www.iafc.org/associations/4685/files/shs_FFFIPPtaskFrceReport070711.pdf "Improvement to NIOSH’s Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) with respect to LODD investigations,"] "International Association of Fire Chiefs - Safety, Health, and Survival Section", June 4, 2007. Accessed September 3, 2008.] and has conducted over 400 investigations since its inception in 1998.

ee also

* Crew Resource Management
* Firefighter
* Human Factors Analysis and Classification System
* National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System

References

External links

* [http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/ Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program]
* [http://www2a.cdc.gov/NIOSH-fire-fighter-face/state.asp?state=ALL&Incident_Year=ALL&Submit=Submit Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports]
* [http://www.firehero.org/ National Fallen Firefighters Foundation]
* [http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/applications/ffmem/ National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Database]
* [http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/ National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System]
* [http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/ Firefighter Close Calls]