Firefighters Train to Rescue Trapped Colleagues

If the unthinkable happens and you become trapped in a house or another type of structure fire, you call 9-1-1 and the fire department comes to your aid. But what happens if a firefighter, or firefighters, encounter unexpected difficulty and become trapped themselves…?

Lake Ozark Battalion Chief Ryan Vaughn goes on to say that the problem is magnified because of a wide variety of potential challenges that present themselves while fighting fire during an interior attack…

Knock on wood, over the course of Vaughn’s 20 years of experience in the field, a firefighter rescue has not happened. But, just in case it does in the future, RIT training is now a part of routine training for fire district personnel.