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Permalink Reply by captnjak on October 2, 2015 at 10:24am

For my department your scenario would be handled like this:

Collapse warrants a Mayday.

Being trapped warrants a Mayday.

Change in conditions could be an urgent if it will severely impact operations or safety.

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Permalink Reply by Shareef Abdu Nur on October 9, 2015 at 4:41am

For my department, if my means of egress become blocked and I need a ladder to a window in order to bail out, this warrants a MAYDAY.  Once I call the MAYDAY, the OIC is expecting a LUNAR report from me and for us a LUNAR report is my Location, my Unit or Company, my Name, my Assignment, and what Resources I need. 

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Permalink Reply by Kyle on January 13, 2016 at 12:15pm

Downed firefighter- Mayday.

Collapse- Mayday.

Rapidly changing conditions-Urgent.

Out of air/SCBA malfunction - Mayday.

Loss of pressure-Urgent.

Disoriented member- Urgent.

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