Rapid Intervention

A Frederick County fire official said Captain Joshua Laird, 46, issued a mayday after falling through the floor into the basement

After a fellow Wichita firefighter collapsed at house fire, crews called a mayday, initiated chest compressions and used a defibrillator to regain a pulse

Seeing the signs and signals of environmental change is like recognizing the signs and symptoms of a stroke or heart attack

Lessons learned and great stories from a fire service legend

Use these scenarios to practice monitoring air consumption, operating the SCBA in PPE and buddy breathing

In Bridgeport, he team handles any firefighter emergency that happens on scene and is made up of at least four firefighters

Rescuing a firefighter who has fallen through a floor in an involved structure fire may require establishing an alternate means of egress

Use the following drills to train firefighters in emergency rescue breathing when deployed with the rapid intervention team

Lt. Edward J. Walsh had nearly 30 years on the job; Firefighter Michael R. Kennedy was a six-year veteran

Capt. Jason Hoevelmann shows how to set up a RIT SCBA mask to make it easy to put on a downed firefighter with gloved hands.