But keep in mind that any term defined here may be department- or region-specific, or at least more idiosyncratic than one may realize. The variability of firefighter jargon should not be taken as a rule some terms are fairly universal (e.g. Furthermore, a department may change a definition within its SOP, such that one year it may be RIT, and the next RIG or RIC. For example, depending on whom one asks, a safety team may be referred to as a standby, a RIT or RIG or RIC (rapid intervention team/group/crew), or a FAST (firefighter assist and search team). One problem that exists in trying to create a list such as this is that much of the terminology used by a particular department is specifically defined in their particular standing operating procedures, such that two departments may have completely different terms for the same thing.

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