Mayday
Mayday events can stop an incident in its tracks, as the team refocuses efforts on locating a downed, trapped or disoriented firefighter. Firefighters are encouraged to call a mayday whenever they feel they need help from fellow crewmembers and not wait until it is too late to be reached. The FireRescue1 Mayday resource page provides essential information on how to train for mayday events, video on how to prevent mayday events, details of the rapid-intervention team, plus news of mayday events and Rapid Response analysis of mayday incidents.
Four Colorado Springs firefighters were injured while fighting a house fire in below-freezing weather
Jan. 23, 2005, marked the first time since 1918 that FDNY members had died in separate calls on the same day
A mayday followed by a partial roof collapse left one firefighter dead and at least four others in serious condition
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The crewmembers were transported to hospitals and appeared to not be seriously injured, officials said
Charleston firefighters dug through rubble for about 10 minutes until they reached Captain John Hastings
In the battle to save the historic Victory Baptist Church, 10 firefighters experienced near misses
Buffalo Mayor Byron W. Brown said firefighters from around the country and the world are flying in to honor Firefighter Jason Arno’s life and sacrifice
The body of Jason Arno, 37, was 30 to 40 feet inside when there was a partial collapse, Fire Commissioner William Renaldo said
Video captures the moment an explosion sent flames and smoke billowing into the street as firefighters operate at a building fire in downtown Buffalo
“The crew began to experience moderate heat and zero visibility,” the Dover Township Fire Department said
Officials said the crewmember was hospitalized and stabilized; extra equipment was needed to extinguish the blaze
The Scioto Valley Fire District and others are investigating the incident that drew crews from 14 departments
Members of four Norwich FDs and the Mohegan tribe responded
Matthias Wirtz, a 22-year veteran of the North Haven Fire Department, received CPR before being transported to a hospital
The rear of the home partly collapsed, and the Unity firefighters were treated on scene
Mental health experts are issuing advice to coworkers and family members about the warning signs of someone struggling with the deaths
“Numerous maydays were given,” a trooper said, before Firefighter Marvin Gruber and First Assistant Chief Zachary Paris of the Community Fire Company were transported
The Fairborn firefighter was alert when he was transported to a local hospital, said Battalion Chief Adam Howard
A gun safe fell through the first floor, pinning two Bendersville firefighters
In “Boyd Street,” those who were on scene recount the incident and the following months of recovery and departmental self-assessment
“I have a firefighter brother, and when I saw what was happening and that they needed some help, all I could see was my brother up there,” Aaron Murrell said
Mayday training, preplanning, mutual-aid agreements and scene size-ups emerge as common themes in major incidents
The firefighter told Portland Fire & Rescue that when he stepped forward “the floor that was there, just wasn’t there anymore”
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Abbott spent years helping to coordinate the Phoenix Fire’s Command Training Center, and later served as the president of Command Emergency Response Training
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“It went into a two-alarm after the mayday was called,” Aberdeen Fire Department Lt. Rebecca Roberts said of the response
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