Rapid Intervention Team Exercises (ZRITE)

“Rapid Intervention Team Exercises” (ZRITE) - offered as a 16-hour course teaching personnel the skills
necessary to locate and remove firefighters who become lost or trapped during structural firefighting
operations. This class was formally “Rapid Intervention Crew Exercises” (RICE) that was rewritten to
maintain stride with the latest and most popular firefighter rescue techniques. Students perform
physically demanding exercises during drills and rescue scenarios such as breathing apparatus
changeovers, enlarged opening/breaching, and disentanglement drills. This program demonstrates the
need for a well-staffed and well-trained team.

Firefighters that would like to apply must demonstrate that they have completed the following:
- PA Entry Level Firefighter Training Program (ELIF) with live fire; OR
- PA Entry Level Firefighter Training Program (ELIF) with no live fire AND Structural Burn Session; OR
- Essential Basic Module (EBM) AND Structural Burn Session
- Rapid Intervention Team Concepts (RITC)
- Firefighter Survival (SURV)
- Structural Fire Rescue (SFR), OR Basic Vehicle Rescue (BVR), or Fire Rescue (FRES), OR equivalent
- Five (5) years of experience.