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• Training Day: 3 ways to master SCBA operation

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

• Conn. fire association explains need for a Rapid Intervention Team

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

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  Take a pledge to stop cancer at the door

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  PPE provider LION invites firefighters to take the ‘Not In Our House’ pledge to reduce their exposure to harmful fireground toxins

• Firefighter in distress: Cuing the rapid intervention team

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

• Training Day: Emergency breathing with the RIT

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

• Special Santa Fe firefighting group put to test in recent blaze

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  The four-firefighter Rapid Extraction Module, with paramedics and ropes technicians, is trained to remove and transport injured firefighters using an off-road vehicle

• Boston mourns two firefighters

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

• Funeral set for Mo. Lt. killed in walkway collapse

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  Lt. Bruce Britt, a 23-year veteran, died when a walkway collapsed as he was evacuating people from an apartment complex

• LODD: Mo. Lt. dies in walkway collapse

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  The 23-year veteran died while evacuating apartment residents

• FIREGROUND Flash Tip: Rapid intervention team tip

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  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.

• How mayday training saved 1 firefighter's life

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  Good mayday training isn't the sole domain of large metro fire departments; smaller department programs are effective, as this story shows

• 2 NY firefighters injured in structure collapse

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  Both firefighters suffered knee injuries and were taken to a hospital where they were treated and released

• FIREGROUND Flash Tip: Calling a mayday

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  Knowing when to call a mayday and remembering all of the LUNAR points can be difficult under duress; here is a simplified technique for requesting RIT help.

• JN Tactical: RIT-3 break and rake tool

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  JN Tactical's RIT-3 brake and rake tool in action.

• New hand tool excels at breaking things

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  Whether it's RIT or overhaul, this tool can blast through glass and drywall; it also has a self-rescue dimension

• Balcony near-miss a stark reminder of overhaul danger

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  The close call in Arizona is a good excuse to take a refresher on best practices for overhaul