Haunted Heroes: More Firemen Committed Suicide in 2017 Than Died In Line Of Duty

In a survey of > 4,000 first responders, 37% had contemplated suicide and almost 7% had attempted it. That’s more than 10x the general population. Another study concluded that for firefighters specifically, at least 103 had taken their own lives in 2017, while only 93 died in the line of duty.

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