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Establish and enforce a collapse zone, and assign a separate incident safety officer to keep firefighters safe from a parapet collapse
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Remove the potential for the building occupant to injure firefighters during a ladder rescue
While the value of performance evaluations has not diminished, the way fire departments approach them should
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