- Author
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Comstock, D. C., Jr.
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Maxwell, S.
- Title
- Firefighters' 10 Deadly Sins of the Fireground.
- Coporate
- Western Reserve Joint Fire District, Poland, OH
New York City Fire Dept., NY
- Journal
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Fire Engineering,
Vol. 157,
No. 1,
105-110,
January 2004
- Keywords
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fire fighters
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fire fighting
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safety
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building construction
- Identifiers
- not wearing a seat belt; ignoring size-up; failing to study and understand building construction; ignoring changing fire conditions; Incident Command System (ICS); Personal Alert Safety System (PASS); Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); failing to use safety equipment; limiting or ignoring resources; ignoring communiction problems/hazards; ventilating late or not at all; failing to use an incident safety officer and RIT; Rapid Intervention Team (RIT); lack of physical fitness