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Wildland Firefighter Fatalities in the United States: 1990-2006

References

Bushey, Charles L. 1997. Wildland fire/aircraft firefighter fatalities in the United States compared with ground based firefighter fatalities. In: Proceedings of the International Association of Wildland Fire Canada/U.S. Wildland Fire Safety Summit, Rossland, BC, Canada.

Mangan, Richard J. 1999. Wildland fire fatalities in the United States: 1990–1998. Tech. Rep. 9951–2808–MTDC. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center. 14 p.
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Mangan, Richard J. 2001. Investigating wildland fire entrapments: 2001 edition. Tech. Rep. 0151–2823–MTDC. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center. 34 p.

Munson, Steve; Mangan, Dick. 2000. Wildland firefighter entrapments: 1976–1999. Tech. Rep. 0051–2853–MTDC. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center. 10 p.

National Fire Protection Association. 1991. Wildland fire fatalities, 1981–1990. Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Association. 13 p.

National Fire Protection Association. 1997. Special analysis—U.S. firefighter fatalities as a result of wildland fires: 1987–1996. Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Association. 7 p.

National Wildfire Coordinating Group. 1980. Preliminary report of task force on study of fatal/near-fatal wildland fire accidents. Boise, ID: National Interagency Fire Center. 76 p.
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/documents/NWCG_Joint_Task_Force_Fatal _Near_Fatal_
Wildland_Fire_Accidents_1980.pdf

National Wildfire Coordinating Group. 1997. Historical wildland firefighter fatalities: 1910–1996. NFES 1849. Boise, ID: National Interagency Fire Center. 29 p.
http://www.wildfirelessons.net/documents/fatalities_1910_1996_pdf.pdf

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1957. Report of the task force to recommend action to reduce the chances of men being killed by burning while fighting fires. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 30 p. plus appendixes.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 1967. Report of the fire safety review team: a plan to further reduce the chances of men being burned while fighting fires. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 76 p.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 2004. Trends in wildland fire entrapment fatalities. Information Briefing Paper. Boise, ID: National Interagency Fire Center. 5 p.

Wilson, Carl C. 1977. Fatal and near-fatal forest fires: the common denominators. In: The International Fire Chief 43(9). 6 p.

The NWCG "SafetyGram" and "Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatality" reports are available on the Internet at: