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Every year, numerous firefighters are injured or killed fighting fires in vacant and derelict buildings. These deaths and injuries could be avoided by employing updated "Rules of Engagement" and by incident commanders (ICs) taking the responsibility for controlling firefighting teams. Research shows that firefighters are willing to take more risk than required and are willing to operate outside of the parameters to which they were trained. Additionally, municipal governments must produce a program to abate vacant and derelict buildings before firefighters are forced to make life-and-death decisions while operating in and around these buildings. Fire officers and ICs must be trained and use risk management techniques employed by other municipal agencies and departments.
A risk management process should include identifying resources and exposures, evaluating the severity and frequency of losses, analyzing the available options, choosing the best option, and then evaluating the effectiveness.1 This places the fire department and municipal officials in the position to determine the losses in relation to their relative risk.
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