​                    2021 Law Enforcement Deaths.
(Non-COVID related) Data taken from the Officer Down Memorial Page
        182 Line of Duty Deaths

• 9/11 related illness                           14
• Assault                                                           6
• Automobile crash                             24
• Drowned                                                      3
• Duty related illness                       3
• Fall                                                                   1
• Gunfire                                                       62
• Gunfire (Inadvertent)                     2
• Heart attack                                            23
• Motorcycle crash                                3
• Stabbed                                                           4
• Struck by vehicle                                14
• Training accident                                 1
• Vehicle pursuit                                        3
• Vehicular assault                                 17
• Weather/Natural disaster          2

                            2021 Fire Fighter Deaths
Fire Fighter Data Taken from the National Fire Protection Association

• 70 Line of Duty Deaths  (non-COVID):
  • Thirty-five were volunteer firefighters, 27 were career firefighters, seven were contractors to state and federal land management agencies, and one was a member of an industrial fire department.
  • The largest share of deaths occurred while firefighters were operating at fires or explosions (28 deaths).
  • Overexertion, stress, and medical issues accounted for more than half of the deaths (40 deaths), including 29 sudden cardiac deaths.
  • Sixteen firefighters died in vehicle-related incidents, including 10 firefighters who died in vehicle crashes and six who were struck by vehicles.

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