Aluminum and glass doors on commercial occupancies are most commonly secured with a pivoting deadbolt. Pivoting deadbolts are in the mortise family of locks. The mechanism of mortise locks is in a ...

I’ve been teaching forcible entry for many years to both recruits and frontline firefighters. It’s one of the hardest fire service skills to teach especially to larger groups because there never seem ...

SPO The student will demonstrate a basic understanding of forcible entry tools and techniques by applying the material in a practical setting. EO 7-1 Explain the basic principle associated with ...

OBJECTIVE: Given an acquired junk vehicle and tools and equipment carried by the department, the rescuer will develop alternative techniques for forcing entry on a closed and latched vehicle hood.

COLTON >> Firefighters from various departments gathered at the fire station here to destroy doors as part of a training exercise. The one-day sessions ran Thursday through Saturday, beginning with ...

To help fire fighters in Bridgewater Fire District 3 in forcible entry training, representatives from the New York Fire Department stopped by the North Branch Fire House over the weekend to lend a ...

European citizens will see thousands of U.S. and allied troops rolling through or landing in 10 different countries over the course of a few weeks next spring. Thousands of pieces of military ...