A mayday is one of the most stressful situations that any firefighter can encounter. It doesn’t matter whether you are the person who called the mayday or the incident commander; this will be one of ...

The last thing that we want to hear on the fire ground is the words “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!” If you talk to firefighters from all over the country you can hear about stories that involve a Mayday ...

In the last 30 years, the fire service has made huge gains in the area of SCBA use. Today, most departments have strict policies that address when, where and how SCBAs should be used. That’s a long ...

Many firefighters swing the self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) over their shoulders pand onto their backs with little thought of the complexity of the equipment and the extreme hazards that ...