The USFA issued a special report that examines the details of firefighter injuries sustained on the fireground or while responding to or returning from a fire incident. "Fire-Related Firefighter Injuries Reported to NFIRS" was developed by the USFA's National Fire Data Center.

The report is part of the Topical Fire Report Series and is based on National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) data from 2006 to 2008. According to the report:

• An estimated 81,070 firefighter injuries occur annually in the United States.
• 49% of firefighter injuries occur on the fireground and 6% occur while responding to or returning from a fire incident.
• Overexertion/strain is the leading cause of fire-related firefighter injuries at 25%.
• 38% of all fire-related firefighter injuries result in lost work time.
• The majority of fire-related firefighter injuries (87%) occur in structure fires.
• On average, structure fires have more injuries per fire than nonstructure fires.
• Firefighter injury fires are more prevalent in July (10%) and peak between the hours of 2 and 5 p.m.