SOG 3-16 Mayday

Question 1

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The term Mayday shall be used as the designated term

Answer 1

to declare that personnel are trouble and only be used for the purpose.
may be communicated via radio and/or verbally

Question 2

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Mayday may be declared (3)

Answer 2

• by personnel who are lost, trapped or in trouble
• by IC, sector officer or anyone who cannot account for individuals
• by any personnel who witnessed and/or has first hand knowledge that other personnel are lost trapped or in Trouble

Question 3

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Mayday- when the orange button is pressed the emergency tone will be heard

Answer 3

in the communications center only, the initiator will not assume other personnel on scene are aware

Question 4

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Mayday- the initiator will have onscene Priority for

Answer 4

10 seconds any if more time is required the initiator may key microphone

Question 5

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Mayday- start message with and will continue untill

Answer 5

Mayday 3 times mayday mayday mayday. continue until IC acknowledges

Question 6

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Mayday- acronym lunar shall be used

Answer 6

• Location
• Unit number
• Name
• Assignment
• Radio equipped

Question 7

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Mayday- After Mayday message has been sent and received

Answer 7

• activate PASS
• leave PASS on
• deactivate PASS only to communicate critical information

Question 8

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Mayday- a lost firefighter should

Answer 8

• search for an exit
• find a wall (left/right hand search)
• if necessary breech a wall to escape or access breathable air

Question 9

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Mayday- if activation is accidental personnel should state

Answer 9

“this is portable ___ with an accidental emergency activation”

Question 10

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Mayday- accidental activation after announcement

Answer 10

fire control shall initiate reset procedure, personal holds emergency button until radio indicates it has reset, do not turn off radio. then report to fire control, then fire control shall reset the emergency indicator

Question 11

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Mayday- IC guild lines (10)

Answer 11

• ensure that all maydays messages are acknolged and confirmed
• consider need for additional resourses
• confirm location, identification and situation
• IC may request alert tones at any time
• conduct a PAR
• to enhance communications (either limit radio traffic or transfer non mayday to new channel)
• ensure that crews maintain assigned tasks
• brief and deploy RIT
• assign EMS personnel to the entry point
• notify fire control to announce conclusion of mayday event

Question 12

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Mayday- Sector officer shall

Answer 12

• maintain current assignment as ordered
• cease all communications on that channel
• conduct a PAR within sector
• Notifiy the IC via radio only in the event of a mayday

Question 13

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Mayday-after an orange button activation and no transmission is received

Answer 13

fire control will attempt twice to contact the initiator, if no response fire control will notify the IC

Question 14

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Mayday-if IC initiating the emergency button or does not respond the Fire control

Answer 14

fire control will attempt to contact another officer onscene

Question 15

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Mayday- in the event fire control unable to make radio contact with any onscene officer

Answer 15

they shall immediately dispatch another apparatus, DC, PRP, and ambulance

Question 16

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If fire control hears a mayday that the IC does not immediately acknowledge they will (3)

Answer 16

• announce over all channels operational at the emergency incident that a mayday has been received
• accompany this announcement with alert tones
• contact the IC to ensure they are aware of the mayday