There is a deadly misunderstanding about life-threatening communications in
the fire service. This misunderstanding kills firefighters each year. The misunderstanding
concerns who is responsible for discovering and communicating life-threatening
dangers during fire operations. Firefighters believe this is the fire chiefs responsibility
and fire chiefs believe the firefighter is responsible. Who is correct? As long as these two
important people on the fireground do not agree on who is responsible for discovering
and communicating to others life-threatening information–such as collapse dangers,
rapid increase in fire conditions or potential explosion hazards

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