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Orlando Fire Department’s Rapid Intervention Team gives firefighters chance to work on extra skills
Read full article: Orlando Fire Department’s Rapid Intervention Team gives firefighters chance to work on extra skillsORLANDO, Fla. – For some women in the Orlando Fire Department, the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) is a chance to train, compete and put their skills to the test. An initial group of firefighters work during emergency situations, like a building collapse, to save lives, but the RIT team is ready to respond should those firefighters need extra assistance. District Chief Lori McDonald, Lt. Jackie Pollock, engineer Shari Tramell, firefighter Rachel Camacho and firefighter Terra Hutcheson make up the department’s first all-women’s team. McDonald said the competition team allows the women to practice skills they normally wouldn’t get the chance to. Both Engineer Tramell and Firefighter Camacho compete on our all women's Rapid Intervention Team (RIT).