Two-in, two-out
In firefighting, the policy of Two-in, Two-out refers to the fact that firemen should never go into a dangerous situation in a fire or rescue situation alone. There should always be two firemen together and one of them cannot come out of the situation or building unless both do. In the fire service one person doing his own thing is known as free lancing and this practice is usually frowned upon. Two in-Two out also has to do with the number of people that are needed to man a fire aparatus. Ideally there should be no fewer than four people manning a fire aparatus or company. Two of them would go into the building to make a rescue and or extinguish the fire and two would stay out as a rapid entry team in case the first two got into trouble themselves and needed to be rescued. This is also what two in-two out refers to. The rapid entry team(r.e.t.) should be fully bunkered out(in bunker gear)and have their air packs on and ready to go inside.
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