Wildland Firefighter Fatalities in the United States: 1990–2006
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16<br />
Sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />
20.4%<br />
<strong>Fatalities</strong> by Section of <strong>the</strong> Country From 1990 to 1998<br />
Rocky Mounta<strong>in</strong><br />
13.1%<br />
Southwestern<br />
12.4%<br />
Alaska<br />
0.7%<br />
Pacific Northwestern<br />
8.0%<br />
California<br />
21.2%<br />
Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Pla<strong>in</strong>s<br />
5.1%<br />
Figure 13—One <strong>in</strong> five fatalities dur<strong>in</strong>g wildland fire operations<br />
from 1990 to 2006 was <strong>in</strong> California.<br />
Eastern<br />
10.2%<br />
Great Bas<strong>in</strong><br />
8.8%<br />
Hawaii<br />
0.0%<br />
<strong>Fatalities</strong> by Section of <strong>the</strong> Country From 1999 to 2006<br />
Sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />
26.0%<br />
Rocky Mounta<strong>in</strong><br />
11.6%<br />
Southwestern<br />
5.2%<br />
Pacific Northwestern<br />
9.8%<br />
Alaska<br />
0.6%<br />
Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Pla<strong>in</strong>s<br />
4.6%<br />
California<br />
20.2%<br />
Hawaii<br />
0.0%<br />
Great Bas<strong>in</strong><br />
9.8%<br />
Eastern<br />
12.1%<br />
<strong>Fatalities</strong> by Section of <strong>the</strong> Country From 1990 to 2006<br />
Sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />
23.5%<br />
Rocky Mounta<strong>in</strong><br />
12.3%<br />
Southwestern<br />
8.4%<br />
Alaska 0.6%<br />
Pacific Northwestern<br />
9.0%<br />
Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Pla<strong>in</strong>s<br />
4.8%<br />
California<br />
20.6%<br />
Hawaii<br />
0.0%<br />
Eastern<br />
11.3%<br />
Great Bas<strong>in</strong><br />
9.4%