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Funding for this Fire Prevention Initiative was provided through
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Fire Fatalities: |
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2008 |
36 |
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2007 |
74 |
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2006 |
83 |
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2005 |
82 |
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Tennessee Fire Fatalities |
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36
Deaths resulting from fire in Tennessee
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The numbers
used in these tallies are based on
fire-related fatalities that are
reported in the news.
Unfortunately, not all fire deaths make
news headlines. For example, one
December news story reported 25 fire
deaths in the city of Memphis for 2006;
only 14 made headlines. "Official"
fire fatality numbers are not yet
available for the years that are listed
(2003 is the most current list available
from the State Fire Marshal's website).
Therefore, in effort to grasp some sort
of "real-time" picture of the State's
fire problem, we are left to compare the
current year's media-reported deaths
with the previous year, and try to gauge
the effectiveness of the prevention
effort based on those numbers. |
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Month |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
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January |
7 |
2 |
9* |
13 |
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February |
7 |
6 |
13 |
5 |
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March |
2 |
18 |
2 |
7 |
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April |
3 |
6 |
9 |
8 |
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May |
6 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
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June |
5 |
8 |
2 |
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July |
5 |
6 |
6 |
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August |
2 |
2 |
3 |
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September |
3 |
3 |
4 |
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October |
6 |
17 |
5 |
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November |
19 |
6 |
8 |
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December |
17 |
6 |
8 |
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Totals (media
reported): |
82 |
83 |
74 |
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*Includes Highway 58 VFD Firefighter Shane
Daughtee, who lost his life battling a house fire on 1-26-2007. |
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Special thanks to Dennis & the TFIRS folks for their
cooperation!
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This site will be updated
frequently. However, if you have questions, please send us an
email. |
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Fire Team Tennessee
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