Life safety has always been a priority in the fire service, when a firefighter sees a person who needs help or a structure on fire, ones first thought is to rescue that person or run in that house and extinguish the fire. But since 9/11, firefighters have taking a little extra time to observe one surrounding before taking actions that could put one’s life in additional danger. As stated by Corbett and Brannigan 2015, “since the collapse of the World Trade Center situational awareness has been widely discussed. Everyone on the fire ground must maintain a heightened sense of situational awareness” (p. 428). In addition, some major changes to the international codes because of 9/11 include: …show more content…
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