CHICAGO (WLS) -- After four firefighter deaths last year, the Chicago Fire Department is being told to improve safety.
State inspectors sent a letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson, stating the fire department has to stop allowing firefighters to go into building fires alone.
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An inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that the equipment that firefighter MaShawn Plummer was using failed while he was in a burning building in 2021.
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The agency said no firefighters were near him, and there was a delay in declaring a mayday.
Four firefighters died in the line of duty in 2023.