Two Sides.
One MAYDAY.
Recognition tells you when something may be wrong. Response gives you a practical path for what to do next.
Different Uniforms. Shared Responsibility.
The MAYDAY Model™ serves Fire, EMS, Law Enforcement, Corrections, Dispatch, Healthcare, and Military professionals—seven communities connected by service, cumulative stress, and the responsibility to look after their people.
Learn to Notice What Changed.
Mood Change
Look for meaningful changes, patterns, combinations, and context rather than relying on a single sign.
Avoidance / Altered Coping
Look for meaningful changes, patterns, combinations, and context rather than relying on a single sign.
You Isolate
Look for meaningful changes, patterns, combinations, and context rather than relying on a single sign.
Despair Talk
Look for meaningful changes, patterns, combinations, and context rather than relying on a single sign.
Anxiety Spikes
Look for meaningful changes, patterns, combinations, and context rather than relying on a single sign.
You Feel Useless
Look for meaningful changes, patterns, combinations, and context rather than relying on a single sign.
Move From Concern to Action.
Monitor
Use the response sequence to listen, connect, activate appropriate support, and remain engaged after the initial conversation.
Acknowledge
Use the response sequence to listen, connect, activate appropriate support, and remain engaged after the initial conversation.
Yield
Use the response sequence to listen, connect, activate appropriate support, and remain engaged after the initial conversation.
Direct
Use the response sequence to listen, connect, activate appropriate support, and remain engaged after the initial conversation.
Activate
Use the response sequence to listen, connect, activate appropriate support, and remain engaged after the initial conversation.
You Stay Connected
Use the response sequence to listen, connect, activate appropriate support, and remain engaged after the initial conversation.
Not a Diagnosis.
A Framework for Action.
The MAYDAY Model™ does not ask public-safety or military professionals to become therapists. It teaches people to recognize changes, initiate conversations, connect someone to appropriate resources, and remain present.
What Are You Carrying Brick by Brick?
Sleep debt, critical incidents, family stress, poor leadership, grief, isolation, injury, investigations, overtime, and moral injury can accumulate long before an outward warning sign becomes obvious.
The Invisible Backpack gives audiences a visual way to understand cumulative load and why early recognition, connection, and support matter.
