Training for the environment you are expected to work in is the only way to produce “ Battle Ready” firefighters!

 

Preparing firefighters for today’s hostile fire environment is a challenge for any Department; there are no short cuts for success. Remember to determine the expectations, provide the best training possible and do it in an environment they are expected to work in! 

 

This DCI course is designed to increase the awareness of both career and volunteer firefighters who may be required to call a mayday or respond to a mayday incident. 

 

Course Objectives:

1. Educate firefighters that the second leading cause of firefighter line-of-duty fatalities is becoming lost, caught or trapped on the fire ground. 

2. Identify key requirements to make a fire department “Mayday Ready”.

3. How to use personal safety equipment to be “Mayday Ready”.

4. How to communicate a Mayday.

5. Understanding Integrated Team Effort.

6. Understanding Personnel accountability system.

 

This 3 hour training session is a mixture of classroom instruction and hands on learning and can take place during a regular training night or a time convenient to your department.