Video: Suffolk (VA) Fire & Rescue Mayday Training

Suffolk (VA) Fire and Rescue held its annual Mayday training during the month of February 2024. This video highlights key moments of the training to be used internally by the agency.

Chief Michael Barakey described some of the department’s efforts at Mayday training in recent issues of Fire Engineering, which you can read more about below. The video above captures “Phase 3” of the department’s training, which will be explored in a forthcoming article.

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