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EMMITSBURG, MD. - The U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Academy (NFA), an element of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Preparedness Directorate, announces the release of two mayday courses on one CD-ROM. The courses can be incorporated into Firefighter I and II curricula, or used as in-service training for experienced firefighters. The CD-ROM is available to all fire departments and state fire training academies and can be requested through the USFA's Publications Center.

EMMITSBURG, MD. - The U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Academy (NFA), an element of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Preparedness Directorate, announces the release of two mayday courses on one CD-ROM. The courses can be incorporated into Firefighter I and II curricula, or used as in-service training for experienced firefighters. The CD-ROM is available to all fire departments and state fire training academies and can be requested through the USFA's Publications Center.

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Most departments have a structured order in which apparatus is dispatched and how it should be positioned according to its duties. At times, when companies are on the air, or on the street, when an alarm is dispatched, the order of response is changed. The conflict arises when a company arrives ahead of another company and fails to report this over the department radio.