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9 Access Into Structures Flashcards

1
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The most important and most versatile forcible entry tool is the

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Rotary saw, aka rescue saw

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Rotary saws should not be used to cut metal when in the vicinity or presence of flammable gas or liquid because

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Of sparks emitted during cutting

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3
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If a rotary saw binds what should be done

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Shut off saw until blade is freed

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4
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Replace 12 tooth wood cutting blades when

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Two or more teeth are damaged or worn down more than the other teeth or when tips are worn down to circumference of blade

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5
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Replace a 24 tooth rotary wood blade when

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Eight or more teeth damaged or worn, or tips worn to circumference of blade

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6
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Replace concrete or mason rotary blades when

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They are worn down to fit in a 8” circle

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7
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5 point door size up for forced entry

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Type of door, style material
Type of frame, wood metal
Type of wall door is set in, wood, metal, masonry
Types of hinges and locks, exposed, recessed, protected
Door mvnt, inward, outward, rolling, sliding

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8
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To gain entry through a door firefighter should identify what

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The weakness and exploit it

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9
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A side light in a door is

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A narrow window pane to the side of the door in the frame. Bcam be broken to access lock on inside.

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10
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Panic hardware

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Mounted on exit doors on public doors, that unlock from inside when pressure is applied.

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11
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In smaller low occupancy buildings the exterior doors usually swing

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Inward. , hinges inside.

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12
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In larger occupancy buildings and commercial structures exterior doors swing.

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Outward in direction of travel or exit, hinges outside.

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13
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Doors with panic hardware may not have hardware on what side

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Outside of door, may only have hinges and no handles or hardware.

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14
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One of best tools for inward swinging door in metal frame

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Rotary saw

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15
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If the body is needed to force a door, the preferred method is

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Mule kick, boot protects foot, strongest muscles in leg, wall protects from fire.

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16
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On double doors a rotary saw can gain entry by

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Plunge cutting through weather strip between doors and cutting locks.

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17
Q

Forcing all doors of the building with significant fire is called

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Softening the building.

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18
Q

Many roll up doors do not have

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An exterior latching machanism

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19
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Sectional overhead doors are similar to

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Residential garage doors, hinged horizontal panels with end wheels on tracks.

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20
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Sheet curtain doors

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Look like conventional steel roll up doors but are made of a few interlocking panels, function same way as conventional roll up

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21
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Nfpa testing indicates that time available for escape form a burning building can be as little as

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11 minutes from ignition

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22
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Telescoping door

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Made of a number of U shaped sections that nest inside one another as its pulled up. Raised with internal cables, no springs, counterweights .

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23
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In many cases the fastest way to force entry into an industrial building is through

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A pedestrian door

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24
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Triangle cut is aka

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Teepee cut

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25
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Triangular cuts can be problematic because

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Openings aren’t usually large enough for fire attack, only escape or access to locks. May bend or distort the door preventing it from rolling up

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26
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Apex (tip) of the triangle cut should be how tall

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6’ or more, sides at 45 degrees

27
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Triangle cuts are not recommended for what type of doors

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Telescoping

28
Q

Alternative cut to the triangle method for roll up sheet or curtain doors

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Tall vertical cut, removing slats from both sides of the cut.

29
Q

Once slats are removed from both sides of the vertical roll up cut what Halle s next if the mechanism is unlocked

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The upper remaining part of the door will roll up.

30
Q

For telescoping door cuts what must be done after cutting the outer skin

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Cut through the inner skin

31
Q

The quickest way through high security Institutional doors is

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With assistance from institutional staff.

32
Q

Best way to overcome door security devices or security systems

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Id them in pre plan

33
Q

Rotary saws can be used to cut blind bolts holding security bar saddles by

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Lung cutting through the bolt, by diving the. Blade next to the bolt face and at a 45 toward the shaft of the bolt.

34
Q

For panic hardware a chain saw can be used to open form the outside by

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Using a carbide blade, cut through the door, and then use the bar to manipulate the hardware open

35
Q

If there are multiple locks on the jam side firefighters can open the door with a rotary saw by

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Making a vertical cut in the door from header to base on the other side of the locks and swing it open freely

36
Q

For gaining access, through what may be the fastest means of forcing entry

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Windows

37
Q

Leaded or stained glass in terms of forced entry is

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Sometimes priceless works of art and should be protected if at all possible

38
Q

Because of the ventilation changes made when opening or breaking a window, what is preferred

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Opening over breaking, to control ventilation if need be

39
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Window size up factors

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Type of window
Type of glass
Frame or casement
Locking or latching mechanisms
Type of security devices used
40
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Types of windows

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Double hung, checkrail
Hinged, casement
Projected, factory
Awning and jalouise
Hurricane 
Hugh security
41
Q

If using an axe to break a window you should use what side

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The flat head side

42
Q

When using a tool to break glass, how do you hold it

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Hold it with the handle higher than the head, or head down, so that glass doesn’t slide down the handle

43
Q

Glass should be broken inward to avoid

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Flying guillotine, severing hose lines below

44
Q

With glazed or shatter resistant glass, it may be faster to do what rather than break the window

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Remove the frame

45
Q

polycarbonate plastic that is 30 times stronger than safety 250 more than regular and stronger than plexiglas

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Lexan

46
Q

Fastest way to cut security bars or screens over windows is

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To cut the attachment points rather than every bar. Bolt heads with rotary saw or halligan under and pry off

47
Q

Thermoplastic windows

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Plexiglas acrylic, Lexan polycarbonate

48
Q

Most effective way through thermoplastic windows

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Rotary saw with medium, 40 tooth, carbide tip blade

49
Q

Plexiglas entry method, but doesn’t worth with Lexan, in absence of rotary saw

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Scoring large x in the windows with pic of axe, striking the center of the x, or sledgehammer in middle, if not break may bend out of frame.

50
Q

Laminated glass windows can be removed by

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Cutting them out like a car windshield

51
Q

Wired glass windows can be removed how

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Similarly to laminated

52
Q

Film coated glass can be removed how

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Like laminated, with care the pane doesn’t fall on them

53
Q

Shuttered (roll up steel) windows can be removed by

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Same method as roll up overhead doors

54
Q

Most common tools for wall breach

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Rotary saw, chain saw, battering ram, sledgehammer, concrete breaker (jackhammer), air chisel

55
Q

During wall breach what is a critical part of the ppe

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Eye protection

56
Q

One of the fastest ways to make an opening in an exterior wall is

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By cutting two vertical cuts, one on either side of a window and folding down.

57
Q

The building utilities should be secured prior to cutting through an exterior wall because

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The risks of cutting through wires or plumbing.

58
Q

Identifying a full thickness, (un reinforced masonry URM) brick wall

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By the header course, bricks placed with small ends facing out, as opposed to the wythes, with long sides facing out

59
Q

Breaching poured concrete walls in generally considered

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Too time consuming unless in a collapse or rescue situation. Much more difficult than other walls

60
Q

Tools that are ineffective on poured concrete walls

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Manual tools, battering rams and sledgehammers

61
Q

Knockout panel in concrete walls

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A removable concrete section for making a large opening of needed to move things in and out of building, can be breached by cutting the seams with a saw

62
Q

Bricked up windows that are no longer used in masonry walls are

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Easier to break through than the walls

63
Q

Rebar in reinforced concrete can be removed using

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Hydraulic cutters, rotary saw, torch or other Exothermic device

64
Q

Lightweight metal wall panels can be removed, time permitting, by

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Removing screws

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