Making Entry with Through-The-Lock Pliers
Quintin Pavel discusses how firefighters can modify pliers so they are more effective for through-the-lock forcible entry.
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Forcible Entry for Board-Ups: How to Keep It from Falling Apart
Clay Magee discusses boarded-up windows and offers some methods and approaches firefighters can use to access them.
Forcible Entry for the Lone Firefighter: Setting the Bar on Outward Doors
Sam Hittle compares two approaches to single-firefighter bar setting on outward doors.
Lone-Firefighter Forcible Entry Using Halligan and Hook
Sam Hittle demonstrates a single-firefighter forcible entry technique using a halligan and multipurpose hook.
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Training Tip: Hinge Reinforcement
Using hinges to reinforce doors in acquired structures will enable more realistic forcible entry training for your firefighters.
Stop Defeating the Prop: Force That Door!
If used properly, forcible entry props can engrain muscle memory of the six basic steps of conventional forcible entry.
Firefighter Training Video: Residential Garage Doors
The video from Miami-Dade (FL) Fire Rescue showcases various methods of forcing entry into residential sectional garage doors.
Forcible Entry from the Tower Ladder
Mike Ciampo offers alternative forcible entry tactics for when firefighters are operating inside the tower ladder bucket.
Training Minutes: Vacant Property Security Systems
Detroit (MI) Firefighter Steve Florian discusses defeating vacant property security systems.
Training Minutes: Forcible Entry on Doors with Drop Bars
In this Training Minutes video, Rex Morris of the FDNY discusses forcing entry on doors with drop bars.
Video: Forcible Entry on Commercial Overhead Sectional Doors
Miami-Dade (FL) Captain Eric Gonzalez of Ladder 38 demonstrates forcible entry techniques on a commercial overhead sectional door.
Video: CA Hostage Standoff and Fire
A video from the Sacramento (CA) Sheriff shows a rundown of events during a hostage standoff and fire earlier this year.