MP 201.01B Mayday Readiness and Response Flashcards
Mayday Situation is defined as? (MP 201.01B)
Any situation where a firefighter is unable to safely exit the hazard zone or an event that cannot be resolved by that individual within 30 seconds
According to the Rule of Mayday Readiness, it is every individual firefighter’s responsibility to do what? (MP 201.01B)
Maintain a high level of Mayday readiness at all times
In order to reach a position of Mayday readiness, a firefighter must adopt an attitude and preparation to look at every incident from the standpoint of? (MP 201.01B)
What if I or another firefighter gets in trouble
NFPA 1500 standard defines mayday readiness as? (MP 201.01B)
The ability to don, doff, and manipulate the SCBA in zero visibility while wearing firefighting gloves
The most important factors for Mayday prevention begin with the following operational standards: (MP 201.01B)
- Working within and ICS/Risk Management System
- Working within the IAP
- Always being accountable to someone within the ICS
- Maintaining individual and crew air management
- Management of work cycles
- Monitoring distances traveled into buildings
- Layering of resources and providing tactical reserves
- Planning and acting out an exit plan
What are the two components of Mayday readiness? (MP 201.01B)
- Prevention
- Response
Individual firefighter repsonsibilities for Mayday prevention include the following: (MP 201.01B)
- Maintaining SCBA proficiency
- Practicing individual air management
- Use and care PPE
- Portable radio proficiency and use
- Practiced crew communication
- Roving/replacement FF integration into crew
Company Officer responsibility for Mayday preventions include: (MP 201.01B)
- Integrating a daily SCBA check into crew routine
- Practicing crew communication in hazard zone
- Rover integration into crew
- 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 the hoseline
Once the Mayday situation is recognized and reported, each firefighter should remember what? (MP 201.01B)
B.O.A.
- Breath
- Organize
- Act
What does the acronym GRAB LIVES stand for? (MP 201.01B)
G - Check air Gauge
R - Radio for assistance
A - Activate PASS device
B - Control Breathing, Conserve air
L - Stay Low
I - Illuminate, Turn on flashlight
V - Make Loud Noises (Volume)
E - Find an Exit
S - Shield your Airway (last ditch effort)
Tactical level Mayday repsonsibilities include? (MP 201.01B)
- Working within the overal IAP
- 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
- Accountability
- Maintaining effective and appropriate communications with Command
In the event of a Mayday situation, who will take responsibility of the resolution of the Mayday situation? (MP 201.01B)
Sector Officer
Maydays should be responded to from what? (MP 201.01B)
Inside out
What is order of help to resolve a Mayday situation? (MP 201.01B)
- Self rescue by the Mayday initiator
- Down firefighters crew
- Crews working in the same sector
- Crews from other sectors
- Requesting additional staged resources
- Communications with surrounding geographical or functional sectors
It is not acceptable to do what, while trying to resolve a Mayday? (MP 201.01B)
Create further Mayday situations
Incident and Mayday communications always remain on what? (MP 201.01B)
Same tactical channel
What is the tactical benchmark for the end point of a Mayday? (MP 201.01B)
Mayday Resolved
The critical points that have to be confirmed prior to giving the benchmark of Mayday Resolved are? (MP 201.01B)
- The individuals that are experiencing the Mayday situation are removed from the hazard zone
- All members involved in the rescue are accounted for and out of the hazard zone
- All members working in all other sectors are accounted for
- The IC can give a PAR for the entire hazard zone
Upon the initation of a Mayday, the incident is automatically upgraded to what? (MP 201.01B)
To the next level assignment Mayday
The only way to guarantee a successful outcome of a Mayday situation is to what? (MP 201.01B)
Prevent it
