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MAYDAY,
MAYDAY,
MAYDAY!
COURSE OBJECTIVES
 Define a mayday
situation
 Identify why firefighters
fail to or delay calling a
mayday
 Importance of calling a
mayday early
 Radio procedures
 To give you permission
to call a mayday
 Hands on experience
with the Mayday
Parameters
WHAT IS A MAYDAY SITUATION?
• Disoriented?
• Disoriented for 30
seconds?
• Disoriented for 60
seconds?
• Entangled in wires?
• Entangled for 30
seconds?
• Entangled for 60
seconds?
• Separated from your
partner? Fall through
a roof, floor?
• Primary exit blocked
by fire, collapse etc.?
• SCBA malfunction?
• SCBA malfunction
that you correct?
AVOIDABLE DEATHS
EVERY YEAR FIREFIGHTERS DIE AS A RESULT OF
BEING DISORIENTED / LOST
FROM BECOMING TRAPPED OR ENTANGLED
WHAT'S THE COMMON DENOMINATOR????
THEY RUN OUT OF AIR!!!
“I FOUND MYSELF
DISORIENTED AND UNABLE TO
FIND MY WAY OUT, BUT I WAS
TO AFRAID OF LOOKING
FOOLISH IN FRONT OF THE
OTHER COMPANIES THAN I
WAS OF DYING”
TOM WESTMAN, LT. FDNY
WHY DO FIREFIGHTERS FAIL TO OR
DELAY CALLING FOR HELP?
• Pride
• We are the “fix it” people, we are there to
help not call for help
• Loss of situational awareness (lose track
of time)
• Denial (I can’t believe this happening)
• Fear of retribution (ridicule)
• Lack of knowledge (training, policies)
THE PROBLEMS
•There aren’t any “Mayday” standards
•There is very little “Mayday” training being done
•There aren’t clear “Mayday” parameters
• We do not have enough Recognition Primed
Decision making experience
RAPID??? INTERVENTION
• WHEN PHOENIX FIREFIGHTER BRETT TARVER DIED IN
2001,THERE WERE 12 ADDITIONAL MAYDAYS CALLED BY
RESCUERS DURING THE RIT OPERATION
• WHEN HOUSTON FIRE CAPTAIN JAY JAHNKE DIED, THERE
WERE 4 ADDITIONAL MAYDAYS CALLED
• WHEN PHOENIX FIRE STUDIED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
RAPID INTERVENTION WITH MORE THAN 200 RIT DRILLS
(Down FF 150’ hose line 40’ off the line) THEY
CONCLUDED THE FOLLOWING…
• MAYDAY TO RIT ENTRY WAS 3 MINUTES
• RIT CONTACT WITH DOWNED FIREFIGHTER
WAS 6 MINUTES
• TOTAL TIME INSIDE THE BUILDING FOR EACH
TEAM WAS 13 MINUTES
• TOTAL TIME FOR RESCUE WAS 22 MINUTES
• IT TAKES 12 FIREFIGHTERS TO RESCUE 1
• 1 IN 5 RIT MEMBERS WILL GET INTO A
MAYDAY THEMSELVES
• WHAT SHOULD THIS TELL US???????
DON’T BE A HERO,
CALL EARLY
WE HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS AT
OUR DISPOSAL
• THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS
• HOOKS, PIKES, AXES, SAWS, ETC., ETC.
• MUTUAL AID, AUTOMATIC AID
• BASICALLY WHATEVER WE NEED WHEN
WE NEED IT, WITHOUT ANY
REPERCUSSION
• WHY SHOULD MAYDAY AND RIT BE ANY
DIFFERENT!!
Who has launched their RIT?
Anyone?
How many times?
How many RIT’s have any real
experience?
Is that a problem?
CRYING WOLF
SINCE OTHER FIREFIGHTERS ARE PUT AT RISK
WHEN SOMEONE CALLS A MAYDAY. THE
DECISION TO CALL A MAYDAY IS EXTREMELY
CONSEQUENTIAL.
However. . .
The sooner you call the safer it is for everyone!
NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT THE
PROBLEM IS…
We can build a system to fix it
Parameters, Policy, Permission and Training
Navy fighter pilots and ejection parameters
U.S. NAVY FIGHTER PILOT
EJECTION PARAMETERS
• NAVY PILOTS FIT THE MACHO PROFILE ALL
FIREFIGHTERS SEEM TO HAVE ABOUT
THEMSELVES… SOLUTION, DECIDE BEFORE YOU
FLY…
• THE NAVY CAME UP WITH SET EJECTION
PARAMETERS THAT PILOTS WILL WITHOUT
HESITATION, EJECT FROM THERE AIRCRAFT
THUS ALLEVIATING THE THE PRIDEFUL DECISION
OF TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
WOW!!!!!!
• THEY HANDLED CRASHING A MULTI-MILLION
DOLLAR PLANE MUCH THE WAY WE WOULD
HANDLE BUYING A GALLON OF MILK.
• HOW DO THEY STAY SO CALM?
Recognition Primed Decision Making
RPD
Gary Klein
Military/Fire Service
Experience vs. Inexperience
Slides in your slide tray
SUMMARY
• FIREFIGHTERS THINK IF THERE IS A MAYDAY
CALLED, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT LIKE
WE WILL HANDLE ANYTHING ELSE.
• PRACTICE, WITH YOUR RADIOS, AND YOUR
TOOLS.
• TALK ABOUT THIS WITH YOUR CREWS.
• DECIDE WHEN YOU WILL CALL A MAYDAY
BEFORE YOU NEED TO.
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• STICK TO IT.