Mayday Readiness And Response 201.01b

Question 1

Any situation where a firefighter is unable to safely exit the hazard zone or an event that cannot be resolved by that individual within?

Answer 1

30 seconds

Question 2

Who can call a mayday?

Answer 2

any member on duty is empowered to call a Mayday

Question 3

Who is responsible for Mayday readiness?

Answer 3

It is every individual firefighter’s responsibility to maintain a high level of Mayday readiness at all times. This includes everyday preparation and prevention as well as the practiced ability to communicate and respond to a Mayday scenario.

Question 4

What NFPA standard defines mayday readiness as the ability to “don, doff and manipulate the SCBA in zero visibility while wearing firefighting glove?

Answer 4

NFPA 1500

Question 5

The most important factors for Mayday prevention begin with what following operational standards:

Answer 5

• Working within an Incident Command System/Risk Management System
• Working within the Incident Action Plan
• Always being accountable to someone within the incident command system (Never Freelance)
• Maintaining individual and crew air management
• Management of work cycles
• Monitoring distances traveled into buildings
• Layering of resources and providing for a tactical reserve
• Planning and acting out an exit plan

Question 6

Mayday readiness has 2 components. These components are?

Answer 6

Prevention and Response

Question 7

Individual firefighter responsibilities for Mayday prevention include the following:

Answer 7

• Maintaining SCBA proficiency
• Practicing individual air management (task level of M.P. 202.05C)
• Use and care personal protective equipment
• Portable radio proficiency and use
• Practiced crew communications
• Roving/replacement firefighter integration into crew
  o Individual firefighters have to be responsible to ask if not initiated by CompanyOfficer

Question 8

Who is responsible for crew development and practice?

Answer 8

Company Officer

Question 9

Company Officer responsibility for Mayday preventions include:

Answer 9

• Integrating a daily SCBA check into the crew routine
• Practicing crew communication in the hazard zone
• Rover integration into crew
  
  • Individual rovers are responsible to ask if not explicitly discussed at the beginning of a shift
• Maintaining knowledge of portable radios and practicing their use
• Ensuring Company Officer responsibilities and expectations are clear to the entire crew
• Practicing and maintaining crew integrity accountability
• Instilling the standard that firefighters should always stay on a hoseline

Question 10

The sponge to an individual firefighter’s Mayday should initially be managed at the?

Answer 10

COMPANY LEVEL and as the Mayday communication happens this will initiate the defined help order.

Question 11

Individual firefighter responsibilities for Mayday response include:

Answer 11

• Maintaining preparation and reaction skills
• Early communication of Mayday situation utilizing the above standard
• Controlling an emotional response to the situation
• Once the Mayday situation is recognized and reported, each firefighter should remember:
  o B.O.A.=Breath,OrganizeandAct
• Utilization of IAFF Fire Ground Survival training
  • SCBA familiarization
    -High/low profile wall breech
  • disentanglement
  • ladder bail
  • window hang
  • GRABLIVES

Question 12

What does the acronym for GRABLIVES stand for?

Answer 12

G = Check Air Gauge
R = Radio for Assistance
A = Activate PASS Device
B = Control Breathing, Conserve Air
L=StayLow
I = Illuminate, Turn Flashlight On
V = Make Loud Noises (Volume)
E=FindAnExit
S = Shield Your Airway (last ditch effort)

Question 13

The tactical level of every incident has the responsibility to actively and routinely work toward?

Answer 13

Work toward mayday prevention and preparedness. The BC, FIT, or ISO tandem best manages these responsibilities

Question 14

The tactical level of every incident has the responsibility to actively and routinely work toward Mayday prevention and preparedness. The Battalion Chief and F.I.T. or I.S.O. tandem best manages these responsibilities. Theses responsibilities include

Answer 14

• Working within the overall incident action plan
• Continual assessment of the decision making model within the sector operations
• Management of tactical objectives for the sector through position and functions of crews working within this sector
• Sector level air management
  o Managing geographic working area
  o Work/restcycles
  o Distancesintobuilding
• Accountability
  o Maintain adequate resources assigned to the sector (remember to TAG hoselines)o Layered resources in position to manage tactical objectives and prepared to respond in the event
  of Mayday
• Maintaining effective and appropriate communications with Commando Sector C.A.N. reports
  o Requestingorde‐committingresources

Question 15

In the event of a Mayday situation, who will take responsibility of the resolution of the Mayday situation?

Answer 15

• The Sector Officer
• Incident Commander will support with adequate resources to manage and reinforce surrounding geographical and or functional sectors

Question 16

Who has ultimate responsibility for actively a continually providing for prevention response to a a mayday situation?

Answer 16

• The incident Command Team
• Consists of IC, Support Officer, Senior Advisor

Question 17

The tactical benchmark for the end point of a Mayday is “Mayday resolved”. The critical points that have to be confirmed prior to giving the benchmark of “Mayday resolved” is:

Answer 17

• The individual(s) that are experiencing the Mayday situation are removed from the hazard zone
• All members involved in the rescue are accounted for and are out of the hazard zone
• All members working in all other sectors are accounted for
• The Incident Commander can give a PAR for the entire hazard zone

Question 18

Who has the obligation to complete the accountability process for the entire incident and complete the benchmark “Mayday resolved?”

Answer 18

The Officer of the individual sector in which the Mayday occurred has the responsibility to notify command of the completion of the rescue and that all members involved are out of the hazard zone. The Incident Commander has the obligation to complete the accountability process for the entire incident and complete the benchmark “Mayday resolved”.

Question 19

What additional resources will you call for in the event of a Mayday incident?

Answer 19

• Upon the initiation of a Mayday, the incident is upgraded using the Mayday nature code
• If 3 – 1 incident, then balanced to 1st Alarm Mayday
• If 1st Alarm incident, then balanced to 2nd Alarm Mayday
• Continues to 9 Alarms
• Provide additional medical or transport resources as appropriate

Question 20

What is the only guarantee a successful outcome of a Mayday situation is?

Answer 20

Prevent it

Question 21

What is the ultimate goal for any Mayday response?

Answer 21

To successfully resolve the Mayday and and the same time not create any further May Day situations

Question 22

Who’s responsibility is it to maintain preparedness for mayday situations?

Answer 22

Every Firefighters responsibility

Question 23

The only way to arrange a successful outcome in a mayday situation is?

Answer 23

To prevent it

Question 24

Mayday prevention and prevention and preparedness requires action at?

Answer 24

All levels of an incident command system

Question 25

The ultimate goal for any Maday response is to?

Answer 25

Successfully resolve the Mayday and at the same time not create any further Mayday situations

Question 26

All members, at all levels of the incident involving a Mayday should remember?

Answer 26

B.O.A

Breath, Organize and Act