When firefighters are introduced to mayday operations during training, standard drills are performed on apparatus bay floors as simplified rescue scenarios with limited options for failure. Failure is ...

“Mayday, mayday, mayday!” Hearing this word over the radio, repeated three times by a familiar voice with a spine-tingling tone, is not a routine situation for firefighters, nor one with which they ...

In the last few years, mayday training has become a hot topic around the firehouse as well as the latest training trend to sweep through the fire service, and our fire department has been no exception ...

Last month I talked about the rapid-intervention team (RIT) and wanted to add to that conversation with a few thoughts about calling a mayday on the fireground. Whether you’re the incident commander ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - It happens in May for an obvious reason, and the Longview Fire Department’s Mayday training is taken very seriously. KLTV takes us inside a smoke filled building to take a ...

This is the first mayday training done at LSFD's new training tower in Loveland. This is the first mayday training done at LSFD's new training tower in Loveland. This is the first mayday training done ...

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RUSSELLVILLE, AL (WAFF) - While one Valley service agency is cutting its ranks, another is adding members, and they're training by using some very realistic scenarios. Thursday was Russellville Fire ...

BRIDGEPORT — “Mayday, mayday, mayday,” firefighter Justin Fontan said over his fire dispatch radio. “Trapped on the second floor, running out of air.” On his hands and knees, in full gear and wearing ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are vital days for training for members of Sioux City Fire Rescue. Confusion and chaos are typical challenges firefighters face on Mayday calls.

SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) - Smith County Emergency Services District 2 is training its new firefighters this week, going through different ‘mayday’ scenarios--meaning when a firefighter is in an ...

Greenville Fire-Rescue last week conducted a three-day training course on responding to hurt, trapped and endangered firefighters called “Managing the Mayday.” The Mayday term is synonymous with ...