All,
The following NIOSH FFFIPP report and slides were recently published:
BUT PLEASE NOTE….
1-These “perfect for training review slides” …for use with and by all of your Firefighters & Officers are linked below.
2-Note the NEW format for better access and quicker focus on
–What happened?
–What mattered most?
–What can prevent this from happening again?
REPORT:
Firefighter Sustains Serious Burns at Residential Structure Fire with Hoarding Conditions – Virginia
Report: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202605.pdf
Slides: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/firefighters/programs/pdfs/f202605RS.pdf
That report was published exactly 59 days after the fire department submitted a request for a NIOSH investigation.
NIOSH’s FFFIPP continues to accept requests for serious injury and line-of-duty death investigations through the NIOSH website. Firefighters and other interested parties can see what investigations FFFIPP is currently working on by visiting the ongoing reports web page.
THE NEW REPORT TEMPLATE-A MESSAGE FROM THE CREW AT NIOSH TO FIREFIGHTERS & OFFICERS
You will notice the above report looks different. NIOSH FFFIPP redesigned its template to make these reports easier to read and use in the fire service. This template is a shift from a more traditional, text-heavy report format to one that is more visual, action-oriented, and focused on helping readers quickly answer:
- What happened?
- What mattered most?
- What can prevent this from happening again?
Some differences you might notice include:
- a stronger first page with key points, a concise summary, and a clearly labeled contributing factor and prevention action table
- a more visual timeline
- new sections like Fire Department Actions to Echo and Consider This
For those who love the text-heavy reports, don’t worry. The goal was to keep the technical depth and rigor of investigations while making the prevention lessons easier to find, share, and apply. You’ll still find all the incident details you need, just later in the report.
This template revision has been going on for over a year because NIOSH wanted to get it right. Thank you to all those in the fire service community who provided multiple, detailed, and critical reviews that were all used to get to this final version. Please note that while we are currently transitioning to the use of this new template, some investigations will retain the legacy template when they are published over the next few months.
Thank you, and please let NIOSH know if you have any feedback on the new report template.
FIREFIGHTING PILOT LODD UPDATE
As an update to our earlier message, an aircraft involved in fighting the Gold Mountain fire near Ouray crashed into Silver Jack Reservoir in southwestern Gunnison County on Sunday evening. The body of the Pilot, believed to have been the only person on board, was recovered from the reservoir later Sunday night by the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office dive team.
Sheriff’s officials said the body will be taken to the Gunnison County Coroner’s Office and that no further information will be released until the pilot’s next-of-kin have been notified.
The Gunnison Regional Communications Center received a call at 1717 hours Sunday reporting an aircraft had gone down in the reservoir northeast of Ouray.. The type of aircraft was not identified, but officials said they had confirmed it was involved in firefighting operations at the Gold Mountain fire.
Tragically, the death of the firefighting Pilot comes just over two weeks after three federal Firefighters — Emily Barker, 38; Nick Hutcherson, 27; and Sydney Watson, 27 — were killed in the Line of Duty while fighting the Snyder fire in western Colorado near the Utah border. Our condolences to all those affected. Rest in peace.
OHIO FIRE CAPTAIN DESCRIBES THE CONDITIONS WHERE THE 16 CRITICALLY ENDANGERED CHILDREN WERE FOUND
You may be familiar with this story from last week. This is an interview with one of the members who responded to the scene where four adults were charged, and 16 children were rescued from a Vinton County (Ohio) home.
Gary Siders, 73, Christina Siders, 66, Gary Siders II, 36, and Elizabeth Siders, 33, were arrested, and each was charged with 16 counts of endangering children.
16 children were rescued from the home and had allegedly been isolated in a 12-by-12 room. Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson said one or more of the children may have died had officers not responded to the home when they did.
HERE is an interview with the VFD Captain:
Take Care. Be careful. Pass It On.
BillyG
The Secret List 7/13/2026-1330 Hours
