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CREATED: JUNE 11, 2013
The NFPA had some good news to report Tuesday morning — on-duty firefighter deaths in 2012 were the second lowest in the past 35 years and the number of sudden cardiac deaths were the lowest on record.
In 2012, 64 firefighters lost their lives compared to 61 in 2011.
This is the second consecutive year that the total has been below 65, according to the Firefighter Fatality Report released Tuesday morning at the NFPA\’s annual conference.
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