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Porches: Not As Inviting As You May Think - Fire Engineering
... In a practical sense, this means that backup crews deployed as an immediate rapid intervention team or additional crews can be assigned to keep the underside ...

Incident Commander Checklist: A Quick Reference Guide - Fire ...
... Rapid Intervention. ... The first item on my IAP is the designation of initial rapid intervention crews and then dedicated rapid intervention crews. ...

Fire Department Staffing: A Need, Not a Want - Fire Engineering
... as possible. This includes such tasks as water supply, search and rescue, ventilation, rapid intervention, and so on. Between 19 ...

Managing Big Fires 101: Divide and Conquer - Fire Engineering
... The rapid intervention team (RIT) was the only available unit at that moment, and its members approached me to ask for permission to enter and search that ...

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BRIEF: Firefighter injured while battling smoky Allentown blaze (Nov 18, 2009)
Nov. 18--A firefighter was injured and two homes were severely damaged in a smoky blaze that broke out in two row homes at the corner of N. Penn and Greenleaf streets in Allentown around 8:30 this morning.

Firefighters battle Ortega Highway wildfire (Nov 17, 2009)
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO - Firefighters plan to fight fire with fire today, setting backfires to destroy the brush that has been fueling the 250- acre blaze in Verdugo Canyon, an Orange County Fire Authority captain said.

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High-Rise Rope Rescues,Indianapolis, Indiana (Oct 1, 2008)
Everyone associated with technical rescue knows that technical rescue incidents are low-frequency/high-risk events.

High-Angle Rescues, New York City (Sep 1, 2008)
High-angle rescue operations come in many forms. One that occurs often involves workers on the outside of a structure, typically on scaffolding.

Incidents Involving "Jumpers" (Oct 15, 2007)
First responders frequently are being called on to deal with incidents involving "jumpers" and other emergencies in which the victims are threats to themselves (and others). Larry Collins has some scenarios and photos to illustrate such incidents.

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Fire Commentary: Picking up the Gauntlet (Jan 15, 2008)
Scott Ritter argues that, although Swedish Dr. Stefan Svennson's recent remarks about the U.S. fire service were impolitic, we can reduce firefighter deaths by learning from the Swedish approach.

Hero Complex: It Can be a Good Thing (Dec 30, 2007)
Dan Byrne responds to Swedish firefighter Stefan Svensson's charge that U.S. firefighters have a "hero complex," arguing that such a perception doesn't entail risking one's life needlessly.

You Don't Have to Die to be a Hero (Dec 17, 2007)
What do we have to do to avoid future firefighter fatalities? Paul H. Stein argues that creating a culture of safety must happen at all levels in a department.

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