Senior HFD bureaucrats are personally liable for willfully failing to follow OSHA Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Asbestos standard.
https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_id=10862&p_table=standards
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Standard has been there for decades yet senior HFD bureaucrats did not think it was important to ensure all firefighters were trained in the standard, given the required PPE. Blew it off as not their job.
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Those HFD officers who willfully failed to protect their fireman must be severely disciplined. Reduction in rank, weeks without pay, fined, would be a great start. Accountability is essential to ensure no repeat.
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The one HFD officer who did everything right should be promoted to replace those other incompetent HFD bureaucrats.