Firefighter Assist and Search Team - FAST Equipment

FAST Equipment

FAST members are normally equipped with some or all of the following:

  • Full turnout gear
  • Self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
  • Personal alert safety system (PASS device)
  • Portable radio that uses the fireground frequency and is available to the incident commander
  • Hand tools
  • Hand light
  • Search rope or webbing
  • Rapid air transport (RAT) bag which slips over an SCBA bottle and holds an extra mask to tap into the bottle to provide a downed firefighter with air. This so-called RIT Bag was invented by Darrin Shaw, a firefighter with Central Pierce Fire and Rescue. The term 'RIT Bag' is now widely used, but the trademark stays with RIT BAG from Puyallup, WA.
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