this is why a command communications vehicle, along with ranking fire chiefs, should have been at the fire scene during friday work hours. were the chiefs on a golf course, playing pat-a-cake with a 10-3, or home before 1630?  where were they?
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leadership at the scene was simply overwhelmed by the scope of the fire and that resulted in asbestos exposure and contamination of firefighters, their clothes, gear, trucks, and fire stations. 
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the risk of asbestos contamination at the scene extends to the police and ems units, ngo agencies that arrived to assist displaced residents, and the residents themselves.
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everyone at the scene that did not decontaminate properly carried the risk of asbestos exposure home to their families, coworkers, and friends.
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there is still a question as to whether wind carried asbestos in smoke and water spray from the scene to the park below and across the ala wai canal.
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dr. tam:  "they should have wrapped things up and cleaned things with masks on."