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The '''Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program''' (FFFIPP) is administered by the [[National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health]] (NIOSH), part of the [[Center for Disease Control]] and Prevention (CDC). It performs independent investigations of firefighter fatalities in the United States, also referred to as line of duty deaths (LODD). 

The programs goals are: 
* to better define the characteristics of line of duty deaths among firefighters 
* to develop recommendations for the prevention of deaths and injuries
* to disseminate prevention strategies to the fire service.<ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/implweb.html "Traumatic Occupational Injuries,"] ''Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program'', Accessed July 15, 2007.</ref>

In 1998, Congress funded NIOSH to implement FFFIPP recognizing the need for further efforts to address the continuing national problem of occupational fire fighter fatalities--an estimated 105 each year.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/ |title=NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program |accessdate=2007-10-23|publisher=United States National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health}}</ref> The NIOSH-FFFIPP has a 14-person staff and a $2 million budget<ref name="IAFC_NIOSH-FFFIPP">[http://www.iafc.org/associations/4685/files/shs_FFFIPPtaskFrceReport070711.pdf "Improvement to NIOSH’s Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) with respect to LODD investigations,"] ''International Association of Fire Chiefs - Safety, Health, and Survival Section'', June 4, 2007. Accessed September 3, 2008.</ref> and has conducted over 400 investigations since its inception in 1998.<ref name="IAFC_NIOSH-FFFIPP"/>

In April 2014, ''[[Fire Engineering (magazine)|Fire Engineering]]'' reported the release of a NIOSH map tracking firefighter deaths as part of the FFFIPP program.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-04-21 |title=NIOSH Releases Online Firefighter Fatality Map - Fire Engineering: Firefighter Training and Fire Service News, Rescue |url=https://www.fireengineering.com/firefighting/niosh-releases-online-firefighter-fatality-map/ |access-date=2024-09-28 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In August 2024, NIOSH put out a request for comment in the [[Federal Register]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-23 |title=Human Factors Considerations for the Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program |url=https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docket/review/docket063e/default.html |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=www.cdc.gov |language=en-us}}</ref> as to whether to include "human factors" in investigations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-26 |title=It’s time to consider human factors in NIOSH firefighter fatality investigations |url=https://www.firerescue1.com/firefighter-death/its-time-to-consider-human-factors-in-niosh-firefighter-fatality-investigations |access-date=2024-09-28 |website=FireRescue1 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Crew Resource Management]]
* [[Firefighter]]
* [[Human Factors Analysis and Classification System]]
* [[National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System]]
* [[National Fallen Firefighters Memorial]]
*[[IAFF Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial]]

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==External links==
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* [https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/ Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070525085830/http://www2a.cdc.gov/NIOSH-fire-fighter-face/state.asp?state=ALL&Incident_Year=ALL&Submit=Submit Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Reports]
* [http://www.firehero.org/ National Fallen Firefighters Foundation]
* [http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/applications/ffmem/ National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Database]
* [http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/ National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System] 
* [http://www.firefighterclosecalls.com/ Firefighter Close Calls]

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