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Mayday & R.I.C.
• Mayday & RIC go in hand in hand
• Every member from the new firefighter to the
chief officer should be very familiar with both
procedures
Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!!!
• Evesham has adopted the Burlington County
Mayday policy (EFD SOP 103.21)
• Key terms:
– Mayday
– Urgent
– LUNAR
Mayday
• Term originally utilized by aircraft
• Fire Service gained permission to utilize
• Used anytime a firefighter is trapped, lost, or
otherwise in distress which has the potential
to or is life threatening to the firefighter or a
member of the crew.
Urgent
• A message that indicates an important message with a
degree of time sensitivity.
• Examples of “Urgent” messages
– Responder injury requiring medical assistance outside of
the IDLH
– Structural or utility hazard that could or is having a
negative affect on operations or personnel
– Immediate need for resources (ladders to perform rescue)
– Loss of water supply or attack line pressure
– Notable change indicating increased hazard or rapidly
deteriorating conditions
L.U.N.A.R.
• Acronym used when calling a Mayday or
when appropriate Urgent message
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What to do when you need to call a
MAYDAY
1. Push your emergency button on your
portable radio (if possible)
2. Say “MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY”
3. Wait for acknowledgement
4. Give your LUNAR report
5. Upon acknowledgement of your LUNAR
report activate your PASS device
Other things to do
• If you are trapped
– Continue to try to free yourself
– If your partner is trapped, try to assist
– Stay calm and try to conserve your air
– If you can isolate yourself from the fire or hazard
– Maintain communication with command
Other things to do
• If you are lost
– Try to stay in one place (if possible)
– Conserve your air
– If you can isolate yourself from the fire or hazard
– Maintain communication with command
Other things to do
• If your partner is down
– Help the RIC team by preparing your partner for
removal (SCBA harness, clear entanglements,
move furniture or debris)
– Conserve your air
– If you can isolate yourself from the fire or hazard
– Maintain communication with command
What to do when you need to call an
URGENT
• Do not activate your emergency button or
PASS device
• State “Urgent, Urgent Command from ####”
• Await response from command
• State Command from #### Urgent, give
message”
• Await report from command
Command Responsibilities
• Upon receipt of a MAYDAY message
– Clear the radio channel of all other traffic
– Answer MAYDAY call and determine what
resources will be needed
– Deploy the RIC Team
– Request an additional alarm
– Move all personnel besides the MAYDAY & the
RIC to a separate radio channel
– Perform a PAR
Command Responsibilities
• Upon receipt of an URGENT message
– Clear the radio channel of all other traffic
– Retransmit the information from the URGENT
message along with any necessary instructions
– Assign or request additional resources as
appropriate
Good Practices
• When a MAYDAY situation arises Incident
Commanders should try to get additional
assistance at the CP, at the very least someone
to handle the radio traffic for the MAYDAY or
the other channels in use for the incident
Good Practices
• DON’T STOP THE FIREFIGHTING OPERATION!
• Keep calm
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lam5P4ls
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• Report to bays, full turnouts & SCBA for
practical skills stations.