Does your department use "RIT" or "RIC"

Does your department use "RIT" or "RIC", and if so do you supply them their own pumper and tools? It states that a RIC team is to have their own pumper and have be on a different water supply then the operation pumpers. There's no way we could do this on our departemnt but we could do it as a mutial aid. How does your department do it, or do you not use a RIC team?

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Permalink Reply by James Marshall on September 11, 2009 at 3:55pm

We use RIT at every fire as well we have 23 members on department. Two days ago we actually had to go in and pull out two of our own. It worked and they both lived. Hardest thing I've done so far. Also the most rewarding. Keep safe, train hard.

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Permalink Reply by Rusty Mancini on September 19, 2009 at 8:12pm

We utilize RIT with life line,tools etc.etc. If they are called on, we replace that team with another team. Back up team for fire suppression with a secondary pumper. If we don't have enough personnel mut.aid will be assigned for the task.