BY JIM McCORMACK
You've responded as part of the rapid intervention team (RIT) on a number of working incidents over the past year. Is your attitude, "Nothing will happen-we don't even need to be here"? (We certainly hope not!) Are you responding with the proper equipment and tools to get the job done, or are you simply providing lip service so that if something happens nobody will be held accountable? Guess what? If something happens, somebody will be held accountable, and most will look first to the rapid intervention team for answers.
The RIT must consider the critical function of the emergency air supply. In most instances, when a Mayday is broadcast for missing, downed, or injured firefighters, locating the firefighters and ensuring an adequate air supply are the most important functions the RIT can provide, prior to getting them out.
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