Mayday Flashcards
A mayday is defined/declares for what 3 circumstances?
- anytime a FIREFIGHTER cannot safely
exit an IDLH hazard zone - any UNIT Operating inside of an
IDLH hazard zone who does not
answer their portable radio AFTER 3
attempts - maybe the results of a catastrophic
event at the scene, or maybe the
result of circumstances not related
to a catastrophic event
The ____ is the priority order in which an IC or DGS will try to assist a firefighter who is experiencing a Mayday.
Help Order
The IC should acknowledge the Mayday and respond back with four items:
- CALM DOWN and
control breathing - SILENCE the PASS
- MAINTAIN radio
contact - REACTIVATE the PASS
When communicating with Mayday Firefighters on the crew or another crew who can assist, the IC or DGS must consider three things when using using the Help Order:
1) Air limitations of interior working crews
2) Possibility of interior crews lacking the tools required
3) Fire control efforts required to maintain interior ability
When deploying on-deck crews as a RIT, they must: (3)
- Properly EQUIPPED themselves (to include RIT bag)
- Have a rescue PLAN
- Be ORDERED into the hazard zone by the IC or DGS
The DGS is in the best position to ____ then the IC is in the best position to ____
- Manage the rescue activities
- Coordinate and support the rescue
Other companies operating in the hazard zone under Mayday must maintain radio discipline, which includes: (3)
- Mayday announcements
- Status changes
- Priority traffic
ONLY
Mayday reports become very critical when declaring a Mayday. The sender must be very specific on the needs required to help resolve the Mayday. Always base Mayday actions on:
The needs given in the Mayday report
An unconscious or downed Mayday firefighter, will require the rescue to be performed in stages (3)
- Locate and evaluate the firefighter
- Package and extricate (From issue)
- Remove the firefighter from the hazard zone
Mayday must be declared/transmitted as soon as the person or crew affected knows that they cannot safely exit an IDLH hazard zone. This is ESPECIALLY true for a person or a crew experiencing a Mayday with what?
A diminished air supply
The Help Order is the priority order in which an IC or DGS will try to assist a firefighter who is experiencing a Mayday. This order is:
- Communicating to the firefighter self-rescue techniques
- Using a Mayday firefighters own company to assist with the rescue
- Using a company already located inside the same hazard zone to assist
with the rescue - Using an on-deck company located outside of the hazard zone as a RIT
While still keying the microphone, they mayday firefighter or unit will provide a mayday report that includes:
(5)
- Who
- What
- Where
- Actions
- Needs
ICs should be _____ when continuing to conduct offensive operations in a building that just hosted a Mayday
Very pessimistic
The “Mayday package” greater alarm will include:
4 engines
2 ladders
2 battalion chiefs
3 medic units
Also TRT, Rehab, FSC, PIO
EMS resources order to deploy to the scene (warm zone) to treat and transport any injured firefighters should:
Spot NEAR to where the Mayday Firefighters will be exiting the structure but far enough away not to hinder rescue operations or endanger themselves
