The proper use of established mayday procedures is a vital skill that every member of a fire department needs to master—and not just firefighters and company officers but also every chief officer who ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) – A federal investigation into a house fire last summer that killed two firefighters has determined that city fire officials failed to effectively respond to mayday calls. The ...

BRIDGEPORT — After two firefighters died while battling a July 2010 fire, the city implemented a series of procedural and structural changes designed to prevent another tragic incident. The new ...

When firefighters are introduced to mayday operations during training, standard drills are performed on apparatus bay floors as simplified rescue scenarios with limited options for failure. Failure is ...

2 Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Monash Injury Research Institute (MIRI), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Correspondence to Dr Roslyn G Poulos ...