Resources to survive mayday incidents

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Digital Edition: Your Mayday Survival Guide

Download your copy of the Guide, featuring a BC's mayday experience, mayday training resources, and guidance for running command at a mayday event

Sudden shifts: How to switch your mindset from interior operations to mayday rescue

Repeated training and breathing techniques to help lower your heart rate will help you make the mental shift
‘I’m trapped in the basement’: Lessons from my personal mayday experience

The same day a firefighter from an adjacent city died in a house fire, I found myself falling through a floor, trapped
Chiefs, is your department prepared for a mayday incident?

Your job is to make sure that you have put all the pieces in place to address a mayday before, during and after the incident

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How to introduce mayday training to new recruits
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It’s important to underscore the danger of the situation while not instilling an unproductive level of fear
RIT training: Focus on simplicity and speed over complexity and gadgets
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With the right training and direction, rapid intervention should never be a dull assignment
Commanding a mayday event
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ICs need training reps to practice strategic deployment of resources, backup plans and communication skills
Don Abbott shares insights from Project Mayday research
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What the data shows about how, when and why mayday incidents occur, plus the 16 most common phrases heard on the radio prior to a mayday call
Download this mayday checklist to organize your fireground ops
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The checklist incorporates both the simple Who-What-Where for the person announcing the mayday and LUNAR for the IC
The mayday compromise: Balance training between prevention and rescue
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While self-rescue drills are vital, so too is mayday prevention training focused on fire dynamics, building construction, case studies and technology
Videos: 2 critical factors that affect every mayday event
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A Nashua, N.H., mayday underscores the importance of a quick mayday call and swift RIT response
Step 1 in mayday prevention: Create policies and procedures
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Key questions to help determine if your department has the documentation needed – and whether your members are prepared
Mitigating the myocardial mayday
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Many firefighters started calling a personal mayday years ago – it’s time to turn the tide
The portable radio: A firefighter’s other mayday lifeline
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Radios serve as a critical communications and safety tool on any hazardous scene