Rapid Intervention Procedures

What does IDLH stand for in fire department terminology?

• Immediate Danger to Life and Health

• Immediate Danger to Life and Hazard

• Immediate Duty to Life and Health

• Immediate Duty to Life and Hazard

A formal RIT should consist of at least ___ personnel.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What does the RIT Bag contain?

• Air supply, mask, regulator, and large area search rope

• Thermal Imaging Camera

• Personal Protective Equipment

• Location, Conditions, Actions, Needs.

Each knot represents how many feet you have traveled on the rope?

• 10 feet

• 15 feet

• 20 feet

• 25 feet

What should Command consider when a RIT is activated?

• Using an alternate radio channel

• Forming a Rescue Division

• Requesting additional alarms

• All of the above.

When performing a walk around, the Rapid Intervention Team should determine challenges, points of entry, potential hazards, and ______.

• Needed tools

• Weather conditions

• Team members

• Communication protocols

What is one of the initial steps in softening the structure during a rapid intervention?

• Removing security bars

• Illuminating exits

• Monitoring radio traffic

• Executing a search plan.

When activated, the RIT should ________ the search plan and communicate with Command or Rescue Group.

• ignore

• execute

• delay

• modify

What is the minimum number of personnel required for a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT)?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

RIT members will assume a state of readiness with appropriate ____.

• PPE

• Tools

• Vehicles

• Radios