How and where more than 1,000 people have died fighting U.S. wildfires since 1910.
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1. Wildland firefighter fatalities6/6/2013
2. U.S. wildland firefighters killed since 19102Great Fire of
1910Lack ofdataSource: National Interagency Fire
Center0102030405060708090 3. Cause of death3Source: National
Interagency Fire CenterBurnover 441Heart attack 114Vehicleaccident
68Otheraircraft 59Helicopter 56Other 52Other medical 39Airtanker
35Snag 35Engine rollover 24Burns 21Vehicle rollover21Vehicle
burnover 20Entrapment 18Struck byvehicle 14Driving 12 Electrocution
11 4. U.S. wildland firefighters killed4Source: National
Interagency Fire Center0 50 100 150 200 250 300
350OtherKansasOklahomaArkansasKentuckyNorth
CarolinaTennesseeGeorgiaNew JerseyUtahAlaskaNevadaNew
MexicoFloridaArizonaWyomingPennsylvaniaTexasWashingtonOregonColoradoMontanaIdahoCalifornia
5. EcoWest firefighterfatalities dashboard5Source: National
Interagency Fire Center 6. ecowest.orgDownload more slides and
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