{"id":29169,"date":"2023-01-20T17:46:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T22:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=29169"},"modified":"2023-01-20T17:46:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T22:46:43","slug":"statewide-rapid-intervention-team-rit-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/01\/20\/statewide-rapid-intervention-team-rit-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Statewide Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are so proud of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/lakelandfd?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZWwWXaWW5wraDX0aNVLpL_4xu1gcfekpJl3ZJmXpeBSnBCx_ml9KdzdhSC6W5VrxUt3QDNPW0HoGeEiZUF4G4kJodhqx2ezuKlm7VYTY4H7LGlAJf1QfTI_ihyihpXZB4OjA7yifjpsyJphbeeIFy9RX6ITo14IsbiC0GLbIFY7UoUWUVP61r2AhmzhtWEkmjw&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#LakelandFD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/firefighters?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZWwWXaWW5wraDX0aNVLpL_4xu1gcfekpJl3ZJmXpeBSnBCx_ml9KdzdhSC6W5VrxUt3QDNPW0HoGeEiZUF4G4kJodhqx2ezuKlm7VYTY4H7LGlAJf1QfTI_ihyihpXZB4OjA7yifjpsyJphbeeIFy9RX6ITo14IsbiC0GLbIFY7UoUWUVP61r2AhmzhtWEkmjw&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#firefighters<\/a>\u2013 for the first time in nearly ten years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/lfd?__eep__=6&amp;__cft__[0]=AZWwWXaWW5wraDX0aNVLpL_4xu1gcfekpJl3ZJmXpeBSnBCx_ml9KdzdhSC6W5VrxUt3QDNPW0HoGeEiZUF4G4kJodhqx2ezuKlm7VYTY4H7LGlAJf1QfTI_ihyihpXZB4OjA7yifjpsyJphbeeIFy9RX6ITo14IsbiC0GLbIFY7UoUWUVP61r2AhmzhtWEkmjw&amp;__tn__=*NK-R\">#LFD<\/a> participated in the statewide Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) competition. Lakeland Firefighters Brett Knoll, Wade Kirkland, Justin McCarty, Jimmy Craw, and Lieutenant Jon Chilton were one of 20 teams at Fire-Rescue EAST in Daytona Beach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-id=\"29173\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/325796634_574576627476330_7789236644705882177_n-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/325796634_574576627476330_7789236644705882177_n-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/325796634_574576627476330_7789236644705882177_n-1-225x300.jpg 225w, 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Our guys put a lot of time and effort into training, and we can\u2019t wait to see them again next year in Orlando!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are so proud of our #LakelandFD #firefighters\u2013 for the first time in nearly ten years, #LFD participated in the statewide Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) competition. 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