Today on Firehouse Podcast – Episode 3: Maydays & More with Sean Eagen
Firehouse Editor-in-Chief Peter Matthews talks with Buffalo, NY, Fire Captain Sean Eagen about maydays. Within months, Eagen's former crew was involved in one mayday incident and Eagen himself called a mayday for a downed member and helped mitigate the incident.
Eagen, who has over 20 years in the busy urban city of Buffalo, talks about the fire department and fire responses before detailing the two 2019 mayday incidents.
The two discuss what the department did following the incidents, including increased mayday and rapid intervention training after the stark reminders of those maydays hit home.
Eagen and John Hayowyk co-host The Thin Redline Podcast. You can follow Eagen on Twitter and contact him by email at [email protected].
Related:
- Abbott: The Mayday Project
- Abbott: Mayday Communication Clues
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Sean Eagen
Sean Eagen is a 26-year veteran of the Buffalo, NY, Fire Department. He currently is the captain of Truck 4. Eagen also is an instructor for the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control Special Operations Branch as well as for Eckert Fire Tactics. He regularly presents at Firehouse's conferences.
Peter Matthews | Editor-in-Chief/Conference Director
Peter Matthews is the conference director and editor-in-chief of Firehouse. He has worked at Firehouse since 1999, serving in various roles on both Firehouse Magazine and Firehouse.com staffs. He completed an internship with the Rochester, NY, Fire Department and served with fire departments in Rush, NY, and Laurel, MD, and was a lieutenant with the Glenwood Fire Company in Glenwood, NY. Matthews served as photographer for the St. Paul, MN, Fire Department.
