H.R. 3370 — PROTECT Firefighters Act

This section directs the United States Fire Administrator to submit to specified House and Senate committees, not later than one year after enactment, a comprehensive strategy to improve equipment, training, and staffing standards for firefighter Rapid Intervention Teams (RITs)—teams that rescue downed or trapped firefighters during fire incidents. The strategy must (1) identify current RIT standards, barriers to access and improvement, and levels of standardization nationwide and by state for general RITs and separately for RITs at maritime and port facilities (including adequacy for shipboard fires on foreign-flagged vessels); (2) review National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program reports over the prior five years for trends and the role of equipment/training/staffing deficiencies in line-of-duty deaths; and (3) provide recommendations for Congress to expand RIT access to modern equipment, safety gear, training, and staffing while ensuring interoperability (including overcoming identified financial and logistical barriers).