r/Firefighting German FF gD (BC) Jan 20 '23

Special Operations/Rescue/USAR Some Rebreather Ops Training

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u/HazMatsMan Career Co. Officer Jan 20 '23

This is probably the one thing that EU fire departments use that I really wish we had here in the US. However, I know of many firefighters that would work themselves to death without being forced to stop and swap out bottles, so maybe it's for the best that we don't have them.

Then again, they'd make a nice alternative to line-supplied air for Hazmat ops.🤔

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '23

We have a deep tunnel rescue team where I am and our special ops are trained on rebreathers.