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List of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States

Below is a list of the deadliest firefighter disasters in the United States, in which more than five firefighters died. "Firefighter" is defined as a professional trained to fight fires. Hence the 1933 Griffith Park fire is excluded, as it killed 29 untrained civilians.

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Another source says that there were 86 deaths, but this seems to count almost all of the civilians as well.[2]
  2. ^ Angeles National Forest. Approximately 2,500 feet (760 m) southwest of the Pacoima Dam. Page 12 & 43 of The Loop Fire Report reference has map with the location marked relative to the dam.

Citations

  1. ^ a b c "Deadliest incidents resulting in the deaths of 8 or more firefighters". National Fire Protection Association.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Worst Firefighter Tragedies: Where Deadly Ariz. Blaze Ranks". NBC 10 Philadelphia. 1 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  3. ^ Inferno "Inferno > English > Historical Fires > 1910 Fire Season". Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "FOX Facts: Deadliest Firefighter Disasters". Fox News. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Staff Ride to the Blackwater Fire". Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  6. ^ "Memorial Monday - Bowen-Merrill Bookstore Fire (Indianapolis, IN)". 29 March 2021.
  7. ^ Pyles, Hamilton; Spaulding, Alfred; Wilson, Carl; Moore, William; Brunton, George (n.d.). "The Loop Fire Disaster" (PDF). Fireleadership.gov. United States Forest Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  8. ^ "America's Most Devastating Wildfires | American Experience | PBS". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2017-10-18.
  9. ^ "Jennings Building Fire and Collapse". New York City Fire Museum. April 25, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  10. ^ "DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY!; LARGE FIRE IN BROADWAY. Falling in of the Wall. Firemen Buried Under the Ruins. TEN MEN KILLED! AND SEVERAL DANGEROUSLY INJURED. $20,000 worth of Property Destroyed". New-York Daily Times. April 26, 1854. p. 4.
  11. ^ "Memorial held for firefighters killed in West Texas Fertilizer Company explosion". 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Remembering the Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire Six Years Later". International Association of Fire Fighters. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  13. ^ "Syracuse Post Standard, Syracuse NY, Jan 31, 2015" "Rochester Democrat Chronicle, Rochester NY, Feb 4, 1939"
  14. ^ "Gulf Oil Refinery- Philadelphia, Pa. 30 Years Ago. Tragic Fire Revisited". Firehouse. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  15. ^ "Chester Daily Times, Chester PA, Feb 17, 1882" "Chester Daily Times, Chester PA, Feb 19, 1912"
  16. ^ Spak, Steve. ""The Waldbaum's Fire and Tragedy"".
  17. ^ "Queens Auto Shop Memorializing Tragic Fire At Location". CBS News. October 12, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  18. ^ Holden, Robert F. (March 23, 2013). "They came because they always do. Maspeth Remembers and Dedicates Site of Tragic Fire 50 Years ago". Juniper Park Civic. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  19. ^ "Six Kansas City firefighters killed in 1988 explosion". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 18 October 2017.