Fire Department Lingo

[jasoyeom]

Here in Norfolk County and I'm sure at other Fire Departments I keep hearing that a unit is responding Par 4, Par 18 etc.

Is it a measure of how serious the incident is?

Jason

 

[dcr_inc]

Nope... Thats how many personnel they are responsible for and that all are accounted for.. NO ONE LEFT BEHIND..

 

[mikewazowski]

Personnel Accountability Report. Basically how many firefighters are in the vehicle.

Sometimes they'll use it onscene as well to make sure all firefighters in a sector are accounted for.

 

[dvdbir]

What about the term RIT as in 5 personnel in truck, 3 RIT ?

 

[coolbass]

What about the term RIT as in 5 personnel in truck, 3 RIT ?

RIT stands for Rapid Intervention Team (same as RIC - Rapid Intervention Crew). They are a team of firefighters whose sole purpose is to rescue other firefighters that may be trapped, injured or otherwise disabled.

 

[dvdbir]

oh, ok .... thanks

 

[fire4117]

What about the term RIT as in 5 personnel in truck, 3 RIT ?

And if they said RIT 3 they would be stating their sector # to command. The sectors go in numerical order of assignment from the incident commander. (i.e. Fire Attack 1, Search 2, RIT 3, Vent 4, and so on.)