For rapid intervention to be effective, it must be established as early into the incident as possible. A predesignated team might be the best option for covering your RIT assignment, but often departments are forced to assign RIT by the order-of-arrival concept in which the assignment is made as companies arrive on the scene.
RIT assignments must be consistent and applied at all incidents where members operate at risk. One suggestion is to assign RIT whenever ff goes on-air on the interior of a fire. RIT is different from 2-in/2-out in that a stand-by team with no other assignment is ready as RIT, whereas 2-in/ 2-out may allow for crews or members to complete other tasks. Review your department or mutual aid group’s policy for RIT assignment, response, and on-scene activities when answering these questions.
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