Connecticut Fire Academy: RIT Training. FF extrication.

Connecticut Fire Academy Recruit Class 40. Rapid Intervention Team training. Removal of 320+ pound (*including gear) fire fighter down ladder by single rescuer.

At the request of the fire fighter being removed from the window, I have updated the description to note that 320 pounds is WITH all PPE & SCBA. The guy only weighs 260 in his tightie whities.... so he says. :o)

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• Connecticut
• Fire
• Academy
• Recruit
• Class
• 40
• RIT
• Rapid
• Intervention
• Team
• Firefighter
• Training

[stevenkimball]

the firefighter they took down that ladder has the same fire boots we have stc structure fire boots

[jacksonBVFC]

what is your opinion of the boots? I don't think he was too impressed with them. I mean, 14 weeks of 8-10 hours of use a day will take its toll on anything, but the sales rep was overly-confident the boots would not falter.

[FETC2007]

Somebody shut the pass device off. It would make communication a bunch easier.

[jacksonBVFC]

There was a 2nd evolution on the interior of the tower: Locating a downed firefighter in lights-out conditions, locating by activated pass device. You'll notice around 1:40, the rescuers locate the downed FF, and silence the PASS before attempting extrication.

[nhfdcadet]

what fd are you with?

[jacksonBVFC]

Westport, CT

[christofurg]

Nothing like having roasted nuts in your mouth.

[efRAIN19Vaz]

dam that looks hard..imagine coming down from a higher building.

[pvfdengine1]

That recruit class is if you want to be a paid firefighter in connecticut

[Firefighter2897]

you will have to go to a tec. college for about two years, one year for fire science, and 1 year for paramedic training. PS sorry if i miss spelled some stuff im tired.

[Jrodgers12109]

yah, u should take some college classes, and u will definiteley need to get emt certified. u should atleast get emt -intermediate

[cookevillefireman]

Basic school for us is about 9 weeks. Some places are more some are less. Collage is not a requirement in most cases but is a really good thing to have. It also gives you something to fall back on if something ever happens.

[carmacias19]

how long is the training? i want to be a firefighter and i want to have an idea before i join. and some say that i don't need college to be a firefighter is that true????

[Fireman2115]

who were the instructors? because my dad used to teach RIT in Connecticut for awhile with Jim Crawford from Pittsburgh FD