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Permalink Reply by Joseph Williamson on July 10, 2009 at 12:07pm

We have a SOG that states a minimum of 4 but being in those classes I have always felt that we need more. If a rescue gets technical you can easily go 30 mins trying to rescue. Luckily we have never had to do it it live - only in practice. Being ISO i am always interested in other peoples thought on this subject as well.

Permalink Reply by Reggie Anglin on July 28, 2009 at 3:26pm

Hey brother how you doing. My name is reggie. I work for two small towns part time fire departments. Its really varies to how many guys are working that day. One house has 6 the other has 3 maybe 4. As a rit , the one company we have 3 guys. The other 3 guys as RIT.

Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on August 29, 2009 at 8:57pm

Third due engine (4 personnel) is dedicated as the RIT team.

Permalink Reply by Bill Mulligan on August 31, 2009 at 1:34am

We can roll with max 6 I don't like to move with less than four. I look at it this way two is one one is none. We are using a twop wide response right know early stages.

Permalink Reply by Spanner 122 on September 4, 2009 at 12:51pm

We use 4, but sometimes it seems Chief will assign a Rescue crew (we run three man Heavy Rescue), which seems to defeat the purpose of A) having a full RIT team and B)having the Heavy on scene.
We also have secondary teams set up as soon as one is deployed. They will be ready to go with another RIT bag/bottle, tools, etc if the need arises. Generally speaking, if you have deployed one, you will likely deploy two, unless you're going in to help out a broken ankle (and even then it could happen).

Permalink Reply by Dana Allen Woodard on February 23, 2010 at 12:46am

I work in a small rural area we use a 4 man RIT team. We are a combination dept with Fire Ems And Rescue all parties are cross trained. So therefore we dedicate a 2nd Engine as the RIT team..

Permalink Reply by Mark Stewart on February 23, 2010 at 4:29pm

Hey Fellas

Here in Philly we use a Ladder Co. which consist of 1 officer and 4 firefighters. They are not used for anything but RIT. If the Shite hits the fan and we have to pull extras the incident commander can not use them until a replacement is on the fireground.

Permalink Reply by dave talley on February 24, 2010 at 10:15pm

We recently put a SOP in place with three being the minimum number of personnel. You have to remember that policies are usually written based upon your departments resources. Those resources are constantly being evaluated and adjusted as the size, scope, and complexity of the incident changes. If you have a small fire and one crew working, a three person RIT team may be adequate. On the other hand, if you have multiple crews working you may need multiple RIT teams or you may need to add personnel to the RIT team. Remember that three personnel standing on the street is (2 in 2 out). RIT is supposed to be proactive. Hope that helps..

Permalink Reply by Foley&son on March 5, 2010 at 12:46am

4 ff 1 lt or cap or bc

Permalink Reply by paul on April 12, 2010 at 1:57pm

Hey Guys,
Chicago goes with 3 or 4 ff' 1 officer and 1 batt chief

Permalink Reply by Mauricio Martin Hartwig on June 28, 2010 at 4:25pm

the best way to have a good team it having 4 FF, because if you have more ff it is difficult to have a good coordination and on many occasions the leader of the team loses sight of the fire and finds it difficult to keep track of everyone.

Permalink Reply by Steve Gardner on January 5, 2011 at 3:01pm

Hmmm well we use 2 if we have the manpower to do it. We are a combination of paid/poc dept. and during day calls manpower is slim, but We never send the first 2 in without backup.

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