PASS device is an acronym for the Personal Alert Safety System, a one-way communications device used by firefighters entering a building to alert the outside Rapid Entry Team (Also known as Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) or Firefighter Assist and Search Team (FAST) or Rapid Intervention Crew (RIC), that the wearer of the PASS device is in trouble and in need of rescue.
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