Rapid intervention was the fire service “hot topic” in the 1990s through 2010. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Respiratory Standard was revised to include the two-in, two-out rule.

GETZVILLE, N.Y. — The Getzville Fire Company hosted its annual rapid intervention training course over the weekend. Firefighters from all across Western New York participated in the course. It's ...

Curt Isakson reminds that fires at commercial buildings are bigger, hotter, faster and more complex than fires at residences ...

On the fireground, what makes things real for you as a firefighter? What gets your heart racing, your blood pumping? Fire and angry, black smoke surrounding the house on arrival? Bystanders on the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Getzville Fire Company held their annual Rapid Intervention Training course, "GRIT," this weekend. The yearly two-day training has been conducted for over a decade to teach ...

FALL RIVER (CBS) – Firefighters in Fall River trained to save fellow firefighters in extreme conditions Friday. "Most of the time his needs are probably going to be he's low on air, or he could be ...

SALEM — The Salem Fire Department is conducting four days of fire rescue training this week at Salem State University’s currently unused Bates Complex, where crews are practicing rapid intervention ...

GETZVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) — Local firefighters are training for a situation they hope they never have to find themselves in rescuing one of their own. The Getzville Volunteer Fire Company hosted its ...

Los Angeles County Fire Department produced this video of how its Rapid Intervention Crews operate. It familiarizes new firefighters with what the rapid intervention crews are, the tactics and tools ...

FRANKLIN — Amid a cacophony of shrill, ear-splitting warning alarms, a voice crackles across the radio waves connecting members of the Franklin Fire Department with one another like an invisible ...

Cass County fire personnel from multiple agencies and departments were able to spend Saturday learning how to be better prepared for situations where one of their own might need assistance, according ...