RIT

Question 1

The IRIT of no less than __ person crew should be established as soon as possible at all working fires or incidents requiring entry into immediately dangerous for life or health environments

Answer 1

3

Question 2

The RIT team Will automatically dispatched when ___

Answer 2

On all code ones or whenever requested by the incident commander

Question 3

What unit will be dispatched as a rapid intervention team

Answer 3

The closest four person fire suppression unit available

Question 4

If you are the incident commander on a fire scene and there is no four person unit available for the rapid intervention team, what should be dispatched?

Answer 4

A rescue unit will be dispatched to augment the three person initial rapid intervention team

Question 5

If there is no initial rapid intervention team assigned on the scene and no four person suppression unit available then_____

Answer 5

Two rescues will be dispatched to form the rapid intervention team. Page 26

Question 6

When should the RIT kit SCBA bottle and mask regulator be checked

Answer 6

Daily during the apparatus daily check out then recorded in the station journal as part of the SCBA check out

Question 7

When should the RIT kit inventory be verified and inspected

Answer 7

Weekly as part of the weekly apparatus equipment inventory inspection, then recorded in the station journal as part of the weekly apparatus inventory checkout

Question 8

Who and when will inspect all breathing equipment checking air bottle, hoses, regulator, and mask assigned to the individual RIT bags

Answer 8

Air truck, annually

Question 9

As a minimum what should the RIT team carry?

P27

Answer 9

1. Two radios turned to the incident tactical channel and to the mayday channel
2. Thermal imaging unit
3. RIT kit

Question 10

the RIT shall be positioned at the command post unless the incident commander reassigned to another area, during high rise operations where could the team be positioned? Page 28

Answer 10

At a forward group/division
OR
two floors below the fire

Question 11

The RIT shall remain focused on the placement of crews through the monitoring of radio traffic and information found on the_________or___________

P28

Answer 11

Incident command status board
OR
Tactical worksheet

Question 12

The RIT shall direct all communications through? Page 29

Answer 12

Incident commander

Question 13

How shall the RIT be identified ? P29

Answer 13

RIT -1