07/21/2026
NIOSH wants to hear from you:
Survey to improve firefighter line-of-duty death and serious injury investigations The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is seeking participants for a brief survey about line-of-duty deaths (LODD) and serious injury investigations.
Every year, 60 to 100 firefighters die in the line of duty. When LODDs occur, fire departments can ask the NIOSH Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program (FFFIPP) to conduct independent investigations. FFFIPP then writes a LODD Investigation Report with recommendations to prevent future incidents.
NIOSH is surveying personnel from fire departments across the country to understand better what human factors are important to firefighter LODD and serious injury investigations. Human factors are how people interact with their environment, tools, and each other. This includes understanding how people think, act, and make decisions. This is important in work or emergency situations. The results of this survey will help find, create, and improve tools that can be used by both the FFFIPP and by fire departments, as needed.
Please consider taking this survey and asking others in your department to do the same. NIOSH is trying to gather information from chief officers, company officers, and firefighters, especially those who have served in a safety officer role. The survey will take between 15 and 20 minutes, and your responses will be kept confidential. Questions will not ask for personal information about you or your fire department. Your participation is voluntary, and all questions are optional. You can end the survey at any time.
Below is a link to the survey. You can stop and start the survey as needed using the “Save & Return Later” button.
You can take the survey on any device but is best viewed on a larger screen like a desktop or laptop computer. https://redcap.link/9zk8k63w
The survey will be open until January 2027. If you have any questions, concerns, or technical difficulties related to the survey, please reach out to [email protected]
This survey was made by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). NIOSH is a federal agency that studies worker safety and health. We are part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
