Jackson fire department buys new equipment
Thursday, March 25, 2004
The Jackson Fire Department recently purchased equipment that would help a firefighter who was trapped in a burning building. At each fire, there is a group of trained stand-by firefighters whose sole purpose is to answer a call for help from another firefighter. The group is called a Rapid Intervention Team. The new equipment, called a RIT Pak, connects to the trapped firefighter's breathing apparatus and supplies him or her with an hour of oxygen. Jackson fire officials say its department is the first in the area to purchase a RIT Pak and put it into service. The RIT Pak cost $3,600 and came out of the department's budget.
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