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Fire department rolls out vacant-building placard system, will mark only ‘extreme hazards’
Summary
The Chester Fire Department described a vacant-building placard program tied to firefighter safety, using three placard types and Active911 mapping; only buildings posing extreme hazards will be placarded, and some erroneous placards are being corrected.
The City of Chester Fire Department presented its vacant-building placard program to city council on June 25, explaining placards are being used to improve firefighter safety at vacant or derelict structures.
Fire officials said the city has adopted the 2018 International Fire Code and — after receiving a FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant in February 2022 — purchased placards used to identify building conditions at emergency scenes. The department described three placard types: a plain red square indicating “normal conditions” (occupiable), a placard with a single white slash indicating recognized hazards that require caution, and an…
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