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.
Firefighter Marcelo Garcia succumbed to injuries from a wall collapse during a warehouse fire
The Chicago Fire Department stated the firefighter lost his footing on the roof and fell down a light shaft
A firefighter is in serious but stable condition after falling out of a window during overhaul at a Harlem apartment fire
Firefighters worked frantically to save fellow members as the building collapsed around them; 9 did not survive
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A mayday call was made and the firefighter was assisted out of the hole, official said
A mayday call was canceled after a firefighter managed to bail out of a window
Buffalo firefighters were battling a blaze at a 2 1/2 story building when the mayday call was made
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The firefighter fell through the floor and became trapped at a house fire in Catonsville
The Dekalb County firefighter was able to finish his shift and help extinguish the fire after the rescue
Detroit Firefighter Mark Taylor spent three weeks in the burn unit after being caught in a roof collapse at an abandoned house last year
Manchester Firefighter Craig Ferry celebrated his return to duty and thanked his rescuers at Manchester’s AMR headquarters Monday
Another firefighter was also injured during the fire in Forth Worth on Wednesday
Eleven firefighters were injured in a warehouse fire in Los Angeles after an explosion forced them to crawl through a fireball to evacuate
Firefighters were battling a blaze at a suspected illegal marijuana grow house when the patio roof collapsed
One firefighter was overcome by smoke while ascending an interior stairwell; the other was rescued via a fifth-floor window
The firefighter managed to escape after a mayday call at the three-alarm fire
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As of Sunday morning, three firefighters have been discharged from the hospital and two are in critical but stable condition
Video shows moment of blast that injured 11 LAFD firefighters battling a one-story commercial building fire near downtown’s Skid Row
The fire chief said he went against his training and abandoned his command position to search for the firefighter
Officials say the firefighter was rescued after the ceiling of the house collapsed on him
The assistant chief was demoted to captain after the firefighters’ union complained about an alleged lack of response to a firefighter’s “mayday” call
A firefighter became temporarily trapped trying to retrieve the woman after she reentered the home against commands
The firefighter escaped injury after being briefly trapped, then returned to continue fighting the blaze after being evaluated
While battling a Baltimore rowhome fire, four firefighters were plunged into the basement after the main floor collapsed
Three firefighters, who were on the top floors of the low-rise building, called a mayday after one firefighter suffered from heat exhaustion
One Sarasota County firefighter fell through the roof of a two-story wood home while venting an area believed to be safe
Eric Whitehead sued the fire department for “negligence, carelessness and recklessness” and violating its procedures and practices when fighting the fire
One firefighter fell through a hole in the floor, landing in the basement, and called a mayday
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