One of the most important pieces of equipment on all District Chief Units is the GRACE Electronic Accountability System. This wireless electronic computer tracks each firefighter at an incident. Each firefighter has a T-PASS style alert/alarm transmitter on them at all times. In the event of an emergency, the firefighter can signal command for help, as well as the command base can signal all firefighters on scene to evacuate the structure due to potential collapse, flashover, or other emergency un-foreseen to those inside the structure.

The District Chief Unit also carries the RIT kit. RIT stands for Rapid Intervention Team. At any fire or event where firefighters have to enter an IDLH ( Immediate Danger to Life & Health) environment, HFD protocols require that a RIT must be in place at the entrance of the IDLH in case of an emergency. This is so that if the firefighters inside the IDLH become injured or lost, the RIT will be ready within seconds to make entry and rescue them. The RIT kit consists of all the tools needed to help give the RIT the best odds of saving those firefighters inside. Some of these tools include a spare SCBA air-bottle with regulator and face-piece, entry-way beacon & siren, and various hand tools such as a crash-axe, screw-drivers, bolt-cutters, and tin-snips.