Mayday Monday: Charlotte (NC) Near Miss
Tony Carroll reviews a recent firefighter near miss from the Charlotte (NC) Fire Department and offers a related training drill.
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Humpday Hangout: Rapid Intervention Operations
Mike Dugan and other members of the panel consider various aspects of rapid intervention operations.
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Training Days: Rapid Intervention
This training day was designed to give some new ideas to firefighters assigned to rapid intervention team (RIT) duty.
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The Importance of RIT Culture and the Positive Outcome
West Metro (CO) Fire Rescue’s specialized RIT instructor cadre is used to advance RIT preparedness across the department.
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More RIT
Perspectives on Leadership: The Mayday
Steve Shaw speaks with guest Bassel Ibrahim about the fire service and Mayday training.
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Rapid Intervention Size-Up
The Mayday is an incident within an incident, and RIT members must be prepared to respond by conducting a continuous rapid intervention size-up.
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Talkin Tactics: Rapid Intervention Teams
David Polikoff, Robert James (RJ), and Sam Villani speak with guest Hank Henline about rapid intervention teams, firefighter suvival, and saving our own.
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The Halligan Hook: From the Rooftop to RIT Operations
AB Turenne discusses four methods for employing the halligan hook for rapid intervention operations to rescue a down firefighter.
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Proactively Accomplishing Rapid Intervention Functions with Truck Company Operations
Firefighter safety on the fireground entails more than simply having a crew “at the ready” for rapid intervention purposes, Jim Silvernail says.
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Mayday Monday: Packaging the Down Firefighter
Tony Carroll looks at the circumstances behind the death of Frederick County Battalion Chief Josh Laird and offers a related drill.
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The Success of a Good Accountability System
Alain Rancourt recounts a firefighter Mayday incident that underscores the importance of having an accountability system and training on it.
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LODD: Firefighter Dies after SC Apartment Building Fire; Seven Injured
Firefighters became trapped at an apartment fire Friday afternoon in Columbia, South Carolina, and had to be rescued.
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