The United States Fire Administration has released "Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2007," its report continuing a series of annual studies by the USFA of on-duty firefighter fatalities in the United States. There were 118 on-duty deaths in 2007 in the United States.

"One of the greatest challenges we face as a fire service is to stop the needless deaths of firefighters while in service to their communities," United States Fire Administrator Greg Cade said. "Every day across this nation, firefighters are responding to emergencies that threaten the lives of their residents. These same threats also threaten the lives of firefighters. Unfortunately, we all lost far too many firefighters in 2007."

The 2007 study also includes information on the hazards of lack of seatbelt use. In 2007, 27 firefighter fatalities resulted from vehicle-related incidents. In 19 of the 27 incidents where seatbelt status was known, 11 firefighters were confirmed as not wearing seatbelts at the time of the incident.

Of the 118 firefighters that died while on duty in 2007:

• 68 volunteer firefighters and 50 career firefighters died while on duty.
• There were seven firefighter fatality incidents where two or more firefighters were killed, claiming a total of 21 firefighters' lives.
• 11 firefighters were killed during activities involving brush, grass or wildland fires, the lowest in over a decade.
• Activities related to emergency incidents resulted in the deaths of 76 firefighters.
• 38 firefighters died while engaging in activities at the scene of a fire.
• 26 firefighters died while responding to or returning from emergency incidents.
• 11 firefighters died while they were engaged in training activities.
• 15 firefighters died after the conclusion of their on-duty activity.
• Heart attacks were the most frequent cause of death for 2007, with 52 firefighter deaths.