Transcript MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY Powerpoint

MAYDAY, MAYDAY,
MAYDAY
Having the confidence,
knowledge, and courage to call for
help when you need it!
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Rule To Live By…
• The first and absolutely most important
factor in calling for a MAYDAY is the
decision to call for a MAYDAY…
• You should understand that the
decision to call for a MAYDAY must be
made by the firefighter in the truck
prior to entering a dangerous
environment.
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How to avoid the need for calling a
MAYDAY
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Recognize the potential for collapse
Recognize the indicators of Flashover
Stay orientated when in a structure
Remain in contact with your crew
TRAIN
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Reasons why Firefighters don’t call
for a MAYDAY
• Temporal Distortion (time seems to speed up or slow
down)
• Not wanting to “loose control” of the situation
• Channeled attention to another task or mind set
• Loss of situational awareness
• Fear of the unknown
• Fear of retribution (for getting into the situation)
• Lack of procedural knowledge
• Attempting to fix the problem
• PRIDE/EGO
• Denial
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When To Call For A MAYDAY…
• If an “if – then” event happens a MAYDAY should be called for
immediately…
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Become tangled, pinned or stuck
Fall through roof or floor
Collapse that blocks your exit
Become disoriented or separated
Cannot find any exit (door or window)
Low air alarm with no exit
Fire conditions change to where you feel a flashover or back draft will
occur
– If any of your PPE fails
– Injured or medial emergency while in IDLH
– If you have that gut feeling something is not right and you cannot
remove yourself from that situation
BASICALLY WHEN LOST – MISSING – TRAPPED - IN TROUBLE
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Would you call for a MAYDAY…
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As a group ANSWER
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% said YES
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Possible Mayday Conditions
Tangled, Pinned, or Stuck; low air alarm activation, Mayday
Fall through roof, Mayday
Tangled, Pinned, or Stuck and do not extricate self in 60
seconds, Mayday
Caught in flashover, Mayday
Fall through floor, Mayday
Zero visibility, no contact with hose or lifeline, do not know
direction to exit, Mayday
Primary exit blocked by fire or collapse, not at secondary exit
in 30 seconds, Mayday
Low air alarm activation, not at exit (door or window) in 30
seconds, Mayday
Cannot find exit (door or window) in 60 seconds, Mayday
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Would you call for a MAYDAY…
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A firefighter must call a mayday for themselves under these
conditions.
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% said YES
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Possible Mayday Conditions
Tangled, Pinned, or Stuck; low air alarm activation, Mayday
Fall through roof, Mayday
Tangled, Pinned, or Stuck and do not extricate self in 60
seconds, Mayday
Caught in flashover, Mayday
Fall through floor, Mayday
Zero visibility, no contact with hose or lifeline, do not know
direction to exit, Mayday
Primary exit blocked by fire or collapse, not at secondary exit
in 30 seconds, Mayday
Low air alarm activation, not at exit (door or window) in 30
seconds, Mayday
Cannot find exit (door or window) in 60 seconds, Mayday
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Problems With The MAYDAY
Transmission
• Volume – firefighter speaks too loudly or not loudly
enough
• Speed – firefighter speaks to rapidly
• Quality – the voice is deep or soft and hard to
understand
• Feedback – the firefighters radio is to close to another
radio in the area
• Traffic – firefighter is trying to transmit amid all the other
fire ground traffic
• Failure – firefighters radio does not work properly or
battery is dead
• Inattention – Command is distracted or not paying
proper attention and misses the message
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MAYDAY Myths
• If your low-air alarm activates inside the
hazard area, you have to call a MAYDAY
• You will receive charges (discipline) if you
call for a MAYDAY
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What to do if you call a MAYDAY
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Call MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY
Give LUNAR Report
Activate PASS Device
Orient yourself
Communicate with your crew, the RIT
team or Command using – CAN Report
• Solve the problem!
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What to do if you call a MAYDAY
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• Call MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY
– Do not use “emergency traffic”, firefighter in
trouble or any other terminology
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What to do if you call a MAYDAY
• Give LUNAR Report
– L – Location (where you are in building or what your
assignment was)
– U – Unit – apparatus you were assigned to
– N – Name – give your name, take the guessing out of
the game for Command
– A – Air – what your heads up display tells you
– R – Resources – what you need or think you need
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What to do if you call a MAYDAY
• Activate PASS Device
– Firefighters are trained to hear PASS – use it!
– Turn off PASS when transmitting?
• Does it effect your voice when transmitting?
• Turning it off could effect those using its sound to
find you?
– Consider transmitting PASS over radio if you
don’t thing you have been heard
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What to do if you call a MAYDAY
• Orient yourself
– Calm down, get your bearings
– Don’t Panic
– Be systematic in your actions
– Let Command/RIT know what you see, hear,
feel
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What to do if you call a MAYDAY
• Communicate with your crew, the RIT
team or Command using – CAN Report
– C – Conditions – visibility, heat, structure
– A – Actions – what your are doing, where you
are going
– N – Needs – what you need or think you may
need, Air supply!!!
You C-A-N get yourself out of the situation –
NEVER give up!
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What to do if you call a MAYDAY
• Solve the problem!
– Highest priority after giving your MAYDAY
– Go back on your training…
– Remain calm, orient yourself, use PASS
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Command Actions
• Acknowledge MAYDAY
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Confirm LUNAR report, and MAYDAY on radio
Inform Dispatch of MAYDAY
Announce name of missing firefighter
Advise other units to only transmit essential
information over radio
• Deploy RIT
– Also consider having RIT report to Command for
quick face-to-face briefing/coordination
• Call for next greater alarm
– Assign additional RIT
– Include additional EMS
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Command Actions continued..
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Assign and aid to Command
Conduct a PAR
Rapid and quick
Make a Rescue Division or RIT
commander
• Reassess Risk vs. Benefit of all fire
ground operations
– Consider fire spread, building integrity, risk of
making more “victims”
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When it comes time to call a
MAYDAY, that is not the time to fail!
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