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MAYDAY INCIDENTS, NEWS & TRAINING
Neighbor video showed flames engulfing a Brockton home before crews arrived, with residents tying sheets into a rope to escape a window as Fire Chief Bran Nardelli credited staffing levels with enabling five ground-ladder rescues
More than a year later, I’m still processing the moment everything went dark and I had to get myself out alone
Data from 100 real maydays shows where firefighters are getting into trouble, what is working in rescue and which training and culture gaps need attention
A mayday call went out when two Albuquerque firefighters plunged into a basement while battling a structure fire at an abandoned house
A four-alarm Brooklyn fire spread through the cockloft of three restaurants, triggering a smoke explosion, mayday and a partial roof collapse
A mayday was called during a Rowan County-area house fire that injured three firefighters, while a fire engine was heavily damaged in a separate highway crash hours later
A rapid intervention crew rescued two Fort Worth firefighters after wind-driven flames and intense heat overtook crews operating on the second floor of a burning home
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