What defines a LODD

[stm4710]

What is the technical meaning of a LODD. I just got a LODD alert about a fire chief that died at home. I had always thought that it had to happen at fire or going to a fire to be considered one.

TIA

[PAVolunteer]

From the USFA's Website ... (http://www.usfa.fema.gov/inside-usfa/ffmem/criteria.shtm)

The NFFF sponsored a meeting on June 18, 1997, to formulate new criteria to determine eligibility for inclusion on the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. The participants, representing the major fire service organizations, unanimously agreed to adopt the new criteria for inclusion in the national tribute. The new criteria, retroactive to January 1, 1997, will include:

1. Firefighters who die in the line of duty shall be honored at the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Line-of-duty deaths shall be determined by the following standards:
(a) Deaths meeting the Department of Justice's Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program guidelines (http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/psob/psob_main.html), and those cases that appear to meet these guidelines whether or not PSOB has adjudicated the specific case prior to the annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service; and

(b) Deaths from injuries, heart attacks or illnesses directly attributable to a specific emergency incident or training activity.

2. While PSOB guidelines cover only public safety officers, the new NFFF criteria will also include private firefighters, such as those in an industrial brigade, provided the deaths meet the standards listed above.

3. Some specific cases will be excluded from consideration, such as deaths attributable to suicide, alcohol or substance abuse, and other gross abuses.

[Dave1983]

Under the workers comp law in the sate of Florida, it is considerd a LODD if it occurs during travel to and from work and/or one hour after end of shift. So if your killed in an MVA enrout to work, it is a LODD. If you have an AMI at home 45 mnutes after your shift (this happened to one of our DC's in '92) it is a LODD.

I'm sure each state is diffrent.

Dave

[cozmosis]

stm4710-

Are you perhaps speaking of Chief Harold Pennington of the Unity-Frost Prairie VFD here in Arkansas? It is true that he died at his home Sunday afternoon. However, it's important to note that while operating at a brush fire that afternoon, he told others that he didn't feel well and then left the scene while units were still operating because he felt so ill. He collapsed after he arrived home.

Certainly, I think that qualifies as a line of duty death.

[Weruj1]

I cant beleive the teenage hot stuff didnt know that his self ......

[GreatPlainsFF]

As of this year (per our union VP). Any death resulting from a heart attack within 72 hours of an incident is considered a line of duty death.

Also, some states consider certain types of cancer LODD and the IAFF considers most types of cancers LODDs.

Hope this helps.

[Bones42]

NJ just recently changed it's law to cover 24hours after a call. Unfortunately, 2 years too late for one of my members family.