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Firefighter Safety
RIT Best Practices

Rapid intervention teams are a key component of any fireground operation, but sometimes crews assigned to rapid intervention aren’t familiar with the tools and responsibilities of this assignment. Captain Homer Robertson shares some key RIT points.
(Thursday, May 17, 2012) read
Tags: 360-degree, firefighter down, mayday, rapid intervention, rapid intervention team, RIT, RIT Bag, size-up, Training
Firefighter Safety and Health
2012 International Fire/EMS Health and Safety Week

Over the last 8 years, the Safety Stand Down has evolved from a one-day event with a specific focus on preventing LODDs to a one-week event that’s part of a larger system designed to promote firefighter safety and health. Keith Padgett shares a little of the history and provides some tips for how you and your department can get involved.
(Tuesday, May 1, 2012) read
Tags: Fitness, IAFC, International Association of Fire Chiefs, line-of-duty deaths, LODD, mayday, Safety Health and Survival Section, Safety Stand Down, Safety Week, Safety Week 2012, SHS Section, wellness, Saving Your Own, Training
News
Lasky, Salka Discuss Current Issues in the Fire Service

The FDIC session “Issues and Challenges in Today’s Fire Service” honed in on a range of controversial topics dominating fire station kitchen tables.
(Wednesday, April 18, 2012) read
Tags: FDIC 2012, fireground staffing, John Salka, mayday, physical ability testing, Rick Lasky, transitional attack, two-in two-out, Funding and Budgets, Firefighter Fitness and Health, Firefighter Safety, Strategy and Tactics
Strategy and Tactics
Is Your Department Ready for a Rapid Intervention Event?

It can be challenging to have an effective training session for a mayday call, but it is imperative that fire departments know how to respond to calls of this nature. Billy Schmidt examines the creation of a rapid intervention committee in Palm Beach County (Fla.) and notes the lessons that have been learned about what’s most important when it comes to RICs.
(Thursday, March 15, 2012) read
Tags: mayday, rapid intervention committee, rapid intervention team, RIC, RIT, Incident Command, Management and Leadership, Training
Saving Your Own
A Closer Look at LUNAR

Being able to communicate effectively during a mayday situation could mean the difference between life and death. Homer Robertson reviews the well-known acronym LUNAR to reinforce the basic information firefighters must convey when calling a mayday.
(Wednesday, February 1, 2012) read
Tags: LUNAR, mayday, Firefighting Operations, Training

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