Table 3.

Traumatic events experienced during duty at Time 2.

Characteristics	Classification	Frequency (person)	Percent (%)
	Survey completed	346	100
Traumatic events as firefighter	Witnessed or handled a dead body	250	72.3
	Handled a body of a suicide victim	234	67.6
	Witnessed victim or patient dying at the scene	213	61.6
	Verbally or physically assaulted	142	41.0
	Felt one’s life threatened; fear of serious injury	138	39.9
	Exposed to toxic substances or risk of infection	95	27.5
	Rescued a severely damaged child or handled the body of a dead child	85	24.6
	Rescued or handled mass casualties	73	21.1
	Witnessed severe injury to colleague	62	17.9
	Threatened or attacked with a weapon	52	15.0
	Sued or threatened	52	15.0
	Death of a colleague	35	10.1
	Life-threatening injuries to oneself	23	6.6
	Sexually harassed	13	3.8
	Seriously injured or killed other(s)	3	0.9
	Sexually assaulted	-	-