BY JOHN MILES AND JOHN TOBIN
Because of the normal volume of traffic on fire department radios during firefighting operations, a department must have a procedure that gives priority to an individual who needs to notify the incident commander (IC) of a life-threatening situation that has happened or is about to happen. In the fire service, we classify these emergency transmissions as "Mayday" or "Urgent" transmissions. Below are some situations where you would use this type of emergency radio message.
A Mayday transmission is needed if
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