Posted tagged ‘forcible entry’

Thru-The-Lock Time Trial (storefront doors)

01/01/2012

  Need a new years resolution. Here it is, prove to yourself and others how effective Thru-The-Lock is on storefront doors. It is hard to argue with this video. Time to quit ignoring that Rex or K-tool everyday as you check the trucks and start dedicating yourself to completely understanding it uses.  

Rex Tool 101. (Thru-The-Lock on Mortise Locks)

12/17/2011

Finally got around to editing about 3 hours of forcible entry video we have into short training sessions. We will start off with Thru-The-Lock tactics on mortise locks using the Rex Tool. Hope it is useful.

First Due Fire, Stockton CA

12/09/2011

Now here is a bang up job and some great first due footage. You can nay-say all you want on this fire but to me this looks like an extremely professional and aggressive job done by these companies. Lines are flaked and put into service very quickly, door is forced and lines are advanced into [...]

Imitation Halligans…A Setup For Failure.

12/05/2011

This is a problem, a big problem. We have been spreading the word for quite a while now, about the downfalls of the different types of Halligans. The picture above happened yesterday, adding more credibility to the argument. This is not the first one on my FD that has broken, but it is the first [...]

Door Size Up #11

07/13/2011

Most of the doors we put on here have some challenging or unique security features. This is mainly because it makes for good size up practice.  However a good portion of our doors out there have some sort of factory lock setups on them. It is important not to forget our basics and underestimate these [...]

When Drop Bars Meet Panic Bars

05/31/2011

The Arm-a-Dor system is the commercially sold solution for a business owner that wants drop bar style security that will still pass an inspection. The district I work in seems to have very few of these, compared to other parts of the city that has newer construction or a large amount of big box chain [...]

Mortise Cylinders V.S. Rim Cylinders

03/16/2011

There are a wide variety of different types of mortise locks and rim locks, found on both residential and commercial doors. It would be impossible to cover all of the different types of these locks and their variations in one article.   However these locks have something in common. They are very routinely mistaken for each other when [...]

Door Size Up #8

01/22/2011

Door number 8 is found on the backside of a 1 story wood frame strip mall, this specific occupancy is some type of ethnic food market. Take a look, run down our key size up points, and see what you think. We gave you the construction and the occupancy, what else do we see? 1. [...]

Tonights Matchup….Irons v.s. Carriage Bolts

09/19/2010

As you know we are fans of the Irons. We believe in the Irons as our “Plan A” until a door shows us to move on to Plan B (Which still probably involves the Irons). Our opinion is typically the minority when it comes to this thought process, it seems most of the time people lean [...]

Door Size Up #6

08/25/2010

Door Size Up……The hinge side? When you’re talking shop about forcible entry, typically outward swinging doors will come up at some point.  You tend to notice that many times firefighters will make their “Plan A” taking the hinges with a saw. I think this is a tactic that gets higher priority then it maybe needs to. [...]


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