08/23/2026
In the spirit of training this week, members from JTFD1 participated in our monthly RIC training drill this past Thursday evening. This drill's focus was on multiple RIC teams working in low visibility conditions to extricate a downed firefighter in an isolated location of a building.
Teams were given the mayday report and were activated to locate and begin extricating. The extrication involved breaching walls and using cutting tools to further breach the wall which contained steel reinforcing bars. Additional teams were utilized to aid in the removal of the firefighter once safely stabilizes to be removed.
Drills like this require a tremendous amount of communication between the teams, as well as communication with the Incident Commander. They also require extreme proficiency in the tools available to the teams to minimize the time required to extricate.
