Who communicates with the victim on the radio talk group?

• A. Incident Commander
• B. RIT Group OIC or Designee
• C. Safety Officer
• D. Operations Section Chief

Answer: (B)

The person designated to communicate with the victim on the radio talk group is the Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) Group Officer or a designee. This role is specifically tasked with rescue operations and maintaining direct contact with trapped or endangered personnel to gather a status update, relay critical information, and coordinate the rescue plan with the Incident Commander. Keeping this line of communication centralized in the RIT ensures the victim’s needs and situation are accurately conveyed without pulling focus from overall incident management.

The Incident Commander oversees the entire operation and makes strategic decisions, but isn’t the primary point of contact for ongoing victim communications. The Safety Officer focuses on maintaining safety conditions for crews, not handling direct victim communications. The Operations Section Chief handles tactical execution across all operations but does not serve as the dedicated liaison to the victim on the radio talk group.