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Firefighter Survival and RIT Teams

Our Purpose. Provide annual updated or refresher training. . Develop county-wide RIT SOP. . Provide standardized RIT training within each department. . Survival Training. To help get ourselves out of bad situations. . To prevent getting into bad situations

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Firefighter Survival and RIT Teams

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    1. Firefighter Survival and RIT Teams

    2. Our Purpose

    3. Survival Training

    4. RIT Team Training

    5. What is RIT ?

    6. What is RIT ?

    7. Why do we need RIT ?

    8. Why do we need RIT ?

    9. Why do we need RIT ?

    10. Why do we need RIT ?

    11. Why do we need RIT ?

    12. Firefighter Fatalities

    13. Firefighter Fatalities

    14. Fireground Fatalities A FDNY study of true fireground deaths over a ten year period showed that more than 60% of the deaths were the result of Firefighters being disoriented and/or trapped within buildings. 40% of these fatalities occurred in single family dwellings.

    15. A Change in Statistics What can we do as Firefighters to change the trend?

    16. Tough Lessons Learned Can basic firefighter and survival training make a difference?

    17. Disturbing Similarities

    18. RIT History

    19. Worcester, MA

    20. Worcester, MA

    21. Worcester, MA

    22. Worcester, MA

    23. Worcester, MA

    24. Worcester, MA

    25. RIT History

    26. Phoenix, AZ

    27. Phoenix, AZ

    28. Phoenix, AZ

    29. Phoenix, AZ

    30. Phoenix, AZ

    31. Phoenix, AZ

    32. Phoenix, AZ

    33. Phoenix, AZ

    34. Phoenix, AZ

    35. St. Louis, MO

    36. St. Louis, MO

    37. St. Louis, MO

    38. St. Louis, MO

    39. St. Louis, MO

    40. St. Louis, MO

    41. St. Louis, MO

    42. St. Louis, MO

    43. St. Louis, MO

    44. What can we change ?

    45. Increased Training Training is an on-going process that is most successful with repetition and frequent updates.

    46. Hazard Awareness

    47. Risk – Benefit Analysis We WILL NOT risk our lives to attempt to save UN-SAVABLE VICTIMS OR PROPERTY.

    48. Risk – Benefit Analysis

    49. Survival Attitude “ I’ll never go down a ladder head first “.

    50. Rules for Survival 1. Don’t put yourself in a position where you are depending on someone else to come in and get you.

    51. Rules for Survival 3. Never get separated from your crew, the hose line, or the wall.

    52. Survival Skills The skills we learn in Firefighter I/II are the basis for Firefighter Survival and RIT Teams.

    53. Calling the Mayday An alarming number of line of duty death investigations have revealed that firefighters did not call a Mayday or activate a pass device.

    54. When would you call a Mayday ? Low air capacity or audible alarm ?

    55. Calling the Mayday Find refuge, close doors, breach walls.

    56. Calling the Mayday

    57. Suburban RIT

    58. RIT Team S.O.G. Developed for, accepted by, and committed to by all Suburban Fire Departments.

    59. Who serves on RIT Team ?

    60. The RIT Chief

    61. The RIT Chief

    62. The RIT Team A total of 4 firefighters.

    63. The RIT Team

    64. The RIT Team A group of firefighters whose only assignment at an incident is to be prepared to enter the structure and assist firefighters.

    65. Number of RIT Teams A minimum of ONE RIT Team for Residential Structure Fires.

    66. RIT Team Tools

    67. RIT Team Tools

    68. Personal Tools

    69. RIT Team Staging Arrive on scene. Notify IC of your status and gather tools. Tools not carried on your apparatus must be collected on site.

    70. When to Call a RIT Team The Incident Commander determines a Working Fire.

    71. Who Sends a RIT Team ? Not the adjacent department, but the next adjacent department.

    72. What if I can’t Staff a RIT Team ? Send what you can. You’re responsible for calling for assistance to fill out the assignment with qualified personnel from other departments.

    73. What else can the RIT Team do ? The RIT Team can assist with exterior fireground tasks that do not prohibit them from staying in a readied state for their primary responsibility, RIT.

    74. RIT Team Deployment

    75. RIT Team Deployment The IC and/or Safety Officer can deploy the RIT Team.

    76. RIT Team Deployment Split Team concept.

    77. RIT Team Deployment RIT 1 is Recon.

    78. RIT Team Deployment RIT 2 is Support.

    79. RIT Team Deployment Two Team concept.

    80. RIT Team Deployment RIT 1 is Recon.

    81. RIT Team Deployment RIT 2 is Support.

    82. RIT Team Communications Separate (RIT) radio channel.

    83. RIT Team Communications Communicate important benchmarks to RIT Sector (Chief).

    84. Realistic RIT Expectations

    85. Realistic RIT Expectations

    86. Realistic RIT Expectations

    87. Realistic RIT Expectations

    88. RIT Team Operations

    89. RIT Team Operations

    90. RIT Command

    91. RIT Command

    92. RIT Command

    93. RIT Command

    94. RIT Command

    95. RIT Command

    96. Post – Incident Analysis

    97. Teaching RIT

    98. Planning RIT Training

    99. How We Learn

    100. Training Delivery

    101. Physical Participation

    102. RIT Training

    103. RIT Training Safety

    104. RIT Training

    105. Firefighter Survival and RIT Teams Suburban Fire Chief’s Association Knight Township Fire Department Training Division 2003 Michael L. Ewald

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