rapid intervention for engine companies
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Rapid
Intervention
for
Engine
Companies
LA County Fire Department
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Objectives • Review two-in/two-out policy & procedures.
• Identify rapid intervention crews (RIC)
responsibilities.
• Demonstrate RIC procedures.
• Identify RIC team size-up considerations.
• Discuss RIC team configuration and leader
duties.
• Demonstrate RIC pre-operations.
• Discuss considerations for RIC operations in
large buildings.
• Demonstrate proper command procedures for
firefighter emergencies.
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• You've carefully thought out all the angles.
• You've done it a hundred times.
• It comes naturally to you.
• You know what you're doing, its what you've
been trained to do your whole career.
• Nothing could possibly go wrong, right ?
Is this just a routine fire?
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Think Again.
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Now you’re in trouble.
Who’s coming to get you?
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Let’s turn that around.
You’re responding to a confirmed
structure fire. You receive the
assignment of RIC. Everyone’s
shoulders drop.
RIC?!? We don’t want RIC! We
want to fight fire!
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Let’s take a brief
moment to
remember why we
need RIC.
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Companies should
feel privileged and
honored to receive
the assignment of
RIC.
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Now let’s train to be
a well prepared RIC
to help prevent
another name from
being added to that
wall.
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When do we need a
RIC and is it
mandatory?
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Two-In/Two-Out Crew Policy
NFPA 1500 requires
RIC’s whenever
employees are exposed
to IDLH conditions.
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RIC will be
assigned on
all working
structure
fires,
confined
space
rescue,
building
collapse,
trench
collapses,
tunnel fires,
high rise
fires, dive
rescue, and
other high
risk
incidents.
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Who establishes
RIC?
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Two-In/Two-Out Crew Policy
IC’s Shall:
• Ensure compliance with the Two-In/Two-
Out Rule established by NFPA, OSHA, and
Cal OSHA.
• Establish one Stand-by Crew, preferably
one engine company
• Immediately implement a rapid
intervention operation whenever a
“Mayday” is reported.
(Volume 10, Chapter 3, Subject 4)
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Who is responsible
for RIC?
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Overhead personnel shall
ensure compliance with the
“Two-In/Two-Out” rule and
that RIC capabilities are
appropriate for their area of
responsibility. (Volume 10, Chapter 3, Subject 4)
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Is one RIC enough?
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Multiple RIC’s may be
established when it is
determined that a single
RIC cannot provide timely
intervention.
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RIC
vs.
Standby Crew
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Standby Crew
A Standby Crew
usually consists of
members from the
first in unit (2 in & 2
out). This should be
considered temporary
until additional
resources arrive to
establish a RIC.
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In accordance with NFPA 1500
Article 6-4.4.2, during the initial
stages of an incident (i.e., one
company on-scene), only one
member of a two-person standby
crew may be permitted to perform
other duties such as apparatus
operator, IC, or safety officer.
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Standby Crew
Example for a typical 4
person engine:
• Capt. sizes up & passes
command
• Capt. & FF 1 don PPE’s
and assume fire attack
• FF 2 assumes door
control as part of
standby crew
• FFS is 2nd member of
standby crew while
pumping in full PPE
w/SCBA ready
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Upon arrival of
additional
resources, the IC
shall designate a
RIC Company with a
RIC Leader.
Squads and/or
EST’s may augment the RIC.
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You have received
the assignment of
RIC.
Now what?
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RIC PROCEDURES
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• RIC Team shall report
to the Command Post
in a full state of
readiness.
• RIC Leader reports to
the IC for status
report, location of
resources,
Division/Group
Supervisors and their
location.
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• Obtain Personnel
Accountability
System (PAS) roster
from the IC (can be
obtained from Fire
Office daily by BC).
• RIC Leader assigns a
member to document
the location of
resources.
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RIC Leader shall
provide a briefing to
RIC team.
• Current conditions
• Known hazards
• Location of
personnel
• RIC plan of action
for “Mayday”
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When an assisting
agency is responding
into Los Angeles
County Fire
Department (LAC)
jurisdiction, a LAC
unit should be utilized
for RIC purposes and
the assisting agency
used for other
assignments.
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RIC’s establish an
equipment pool
based on the
potential rescue
problems that may be
encountered at the
incident.
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EQUIPMENT POOL
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THERMAL IMAGING CAMERA
LIGHTS AND LIGHT STICKS DEBRIS BAG
FORCIBLE ENTRY TOOLS
EXTRA SCBA
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SENSIT GAS DETECTOR AND
TAC STICK (for electrical) ROPE BAG AND DROP BAGS
FLAGGING AND
HAZARD TAPE
APPROPRIATE SAWS
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As the RIC, what
information should I
consider when
formulating a plan?
It begins with a RIC
size up.
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• What Safety Controls
need to be
established?
• Consider the
survivability profile of
firefighters. Are they
in immediate danger?
If so, let the IC know.
• Do I have an alternate
plan (P.A.C.E.) ?
RIC Team Size-Up
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RIC Team Size-Up
What is the fire doing?
SOC/BAG
Building (SOC)
• Size
• Occupancy
• Construction
Fire travel (BAG)
• Where has the fire Been?
• Where the fire is At?
• Where is the fire Going?
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RIC Team Size-Up
• Volume-Amount of
smoke
• Velocity-Speed of
smoke
• Density-Thickness
of smoke
• Color-Stage of
heating & what’s
burning
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RIC TEAM
CONFIGURATIONS
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TEAM CONFIGURATIONS
3 Member Team
#1 - Leader (TIC)
#2 - Search/Rescue
#3 - Anchor/Control
4 Member Team
#1 - Leader (TIC)
#2 - Search/Rescue
#3 - Search/Rescue
#4 - Anchor/Control
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TEAM CONFIGURATIONS
5 Member Team
#1 - Leader (TIC)
#2 - Search
#3 - Search
#4 - Rescue
#5 - Anchor / Control
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TEAM CONFIGURATIONS
6/7 Member Team
#1 - Manager/Anchor
#2 - Leader
#3 - Navigator (TIC)
#4 - Search
#5 - Search
#6 - Rescue-Air Supply
#7 - Rescue - Extrication
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As RIC, be active.
Constantly update your
situational awareness.
This begins with RIC
pre-operations.
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SOFTENING THE
STRUCTURE
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• Reassess fire ground conditions
(RIC size up is continuous).
• Anticipate and/or forecast
possible exits and entries.
Throw ladders where exits may
be needed.
RIC PRE-OPERATIONS
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RIC has now been
activated due to a
Mayday situation.
Put your planning to
work.
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Review RIC
videos posted
on Blackboard.
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LARGE AREA SEARCH
CONSIDERATIONS
• Difficult to perform
• Requires discipline and training
• Not an exact evolution
• No two areas alike
• Provide multiple points of building egress
• Guard against tunnel vision
• Continually monitor for changing heat
conditions
• Use separate tactical channel
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LARGE AREA SEARCH
CONSIDERATIONS • Continually update escape routes based on
predicted fire and crew movement
• Sometimes the rear of the building may be best
access to the Firefighter (Carson Incident)
• Commercial RIC: Establish Safety Controls-
Exits/Ladders/Lights/Location of personnel
• 3-stripe “NO GO” areas (i.e; Facades/Walls)
• Rapid Safety RECON of building and report findings
back to IC and/or Safety Officer
• Augment RIC team as necessary (hazmat, EST, etc.)
• Consider additional RIC Team for large buildings
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Expectations of
command during
firefighter
emergencies.
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EXPECTATIONS OF COMMAND
Use the tools available to you.
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FF MAYDAY / E-TRIGGER ACTIVATION (Command)
Look at radio screen
and document Radio ID.
If time permits, identify
individual using
battalion PAR.
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FF MAYDAY / E-TRIGGER ACTIVATION (Command)
Transmit: “All units hold radio traffic for a
MAYDAY. Unit calling Mayday identify.”
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Receive & Document WHO • Name(s) & Unit(s)
WHAT • Lost
• Trapped
• Injured
• Low air/SCBA malfunction
WHERE • Floor
• Side
• Area
• Division
• Other
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• Reassure the
MAYDAY firefighter
• Advise them to
follow GRAB LIVES
• Talk them through • Stay calm
• Activate PASS
• Control breathing
• Shine light
• Finding an exit
• Feel for hose
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• Request additional alarm(s)
• Request additional
ambulance(s)
• Request communications
plan if not yet assigned
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• Assign additional
resources to augment RIC
• Establish additional
RIC(s) for operations and
rescue ops
• Command structure;
separate FF emergency
operations from tactical
operations
• Assign RIC Group
supervisor
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• Consider different
channel for
suppression operations
–Keep rescue ops on
original channel
–Consider radio
procedures for
assisting agencies
• Don’t abandon the
suppression needs
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Re-evaluate the Incident Action Plan
RIC ACTIVATION COMMAND
CONSIDERATIONS
• Building structurally
compromised?
• Fire complicating RIC
operations?
• Can operations affect a
rescue?
• Do fire fighters need rehab?
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RIC ACTIVATION COMMAND
CONSIDERATIONS
Terminate the Mayday
• Conduct PAR after rescue confirmed.
• IC terminates Mayday when all accounted for.
• IC confirms all injured firefighters treated and/or transported.
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REMEMBER
• Always have two exits.
• Make sure your RIC team knows where these exits are.
• Never put yourself or your RIC team in a position where you have to count on others to get you out.
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Director of Training
Battalion Chief Derek Alkonis
LACoFD Training Services Section
(323) 881-2436