In this, the second episode of After Action Video, we explore the Berkeley Fire’s mayday event on September 30th 2016. The event occurred at a commercial fire while crews were engaged in transitioning from offensive to defensive in their approach.
This episode looks at the firefighters' mindset both before and during the event as well as highlighting the “chain” of events that contributed to the need for a mayday. In this instance, the firefighter was able to break the chain and survived with few consequences beyond the psychological. As this video demonstrates, the line between close call and getting out our class A’s is vanishingly narrow.