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These officials may not be required to participate in military operations or other measuresaimed at countering belligerent acts against the Occupying Power that are performed byprivileged combatants under the law of war. 389 For example, civilian police forces in occupiedterritory may not be compelled to provide security for an occupying force against attacks incompliance with the law of war launched by lawful combatants, including resistance fighterswho, if captured, would be entitled to POW status under GPW Article 4.On the other hand, such police forces may be required to continue to perform theirnormal policing functions with respect to actual or threatened criminal acts, even where thevictim of such acts is the Occupying Power. 390 Similarly, civilian firefighters may be required toextinguish fires endangering the Occupying Power’s military property that result from attacks byunprivileged combatants.11.20.3 Working Conditions for Laborers Performing Requisitioned Work.Requisitioned work shall be carried out only in the occupied territory where the persons whoseservices have been requisitioned are resident, and such persons shall, so far as possible, be keptin their usual places of employment. 391Workers shall be paid a fair wage, and the work shall be proportionate to their physicaland intellectual capacities. 392The legislation in force in the occupied country concerning working conditions, andsafeguards as regards, in particular, such matters as wages, hours of work, equipment,preliminary training, and compensation for occupational accidents and diseases, shall beapplicable to the protected persons assigned to the work. 393389 Refer to § 11.20.1.5 (Prohibition Against Other Work That Would Involve Protected Persons in the Obligation ofTaking Part in Military Operations).390 See GC COMMENTARY 307 (“The reference to Article 51 relates not only to the list of different types of work, butalso to the conditions and safeguards contained in that Article, in particular the prohibition on the use of compulsionto make protected persons take part in military operations. This is particularly important in the case of policeofficers, who cannot under any circumstances be required to participate in measures aimed at opposing legitimatebelligerent acts, whether committed by armed forces hostile to the Occupying Power, by corps of volunteers or byorganized resistance movements. On the other hand it would certainly appear that the Occupying Power is entitledto require the local police to take part in tracing and punishing hostile acts committed under circumstances otherthan those laid down in Article 4 of the Third Geneva Convention. Such acts may in fact be regarded as offencesunder common law, whatever ideas may have inspired their authors, and the occupation authorities, beingresponsible for maintaining law and order, are within their rights in claiming the co-operation of the police.”).391 GC art. 51 (“The work shall be carried out only in the occupied territory where the person whose services havebeen requisitioned are. Every such person shall, so far as possible, be kept in his usual place of employment.”).392 GC art. 51 (“Workers shall be paid a fair wage and the work shall be proportionate to their physical andintellectual capacities.”).393 GC art. 51 (“The legislation in force in the occupied country concerning working conditions, and safeguards asregards, in particular, such matters as wages, hours of work, equipment, preliminary training and compensation foroccupational accidents and diseases, shall be applicable to the protected persons assigned to the work referred to inthis Article.”).804