Ch. 8: Forcible Entry Flashcards
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(NC #1)
Americans became more security conscious in (what time frame):
1950’s
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(NC #2)
To search, rescue & extinguish, you must first be able to:
Get into the structure
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(NC #3)
When you are confronted with a situation requiring f/e – action is →
- Take a moment to:
- Then choose:
- Take a moment to - Size up the situation.
* Then chose - The method that is most appropriate.
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(NC #4)
When confronted with a f/e situation – take a moment to size up the situation then choose method that’s most appropriate. Among the deciding factors are (4):
- Need for speed
- Type of door/lock assemblies
- Tools/manpower available
- Degree of damage entry will create
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(NC #5)
In serious fire situations, which of the deciding factors should be the overriding concern – whether to save a life or cut off fire that is rapidly extending:
The need for speed
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(NC #6)
In most cases, however, ___ will be the deciding factor:
Type of door or lock assembly
(since certain types are best opened using specific methods & is some cases, there’s only 1 way to get past a specific door)
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(NC #7)
In almost all cases, the degree of danger posed by f/e should be consistent with:
The danger and damage from the hazard, usually fire
(Bad PR to break $1k door to shut down faulty boiler & don’t waste time/effort going through lock when fire is burning away into door)
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(NC #8)
The factor which should be of least concern in most cases when forcing entry is:
The availability of personnel and resources
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(NC #9)
2 people should be able to force the vast majority of doors using:
Halligan-type tool + flat head axe or sledgehammer.
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(NC #10)
Regardless of what type of door you encounter or the method you choose – a few basic rules should always apply. The 4 rules are:
- Try before you pry.
- Don’t ignore the obvious.
- If possible, use door occupants normally use to enter/exit.
- Maintain integrity if door.
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(NC #11)
Try before you pry → causes ___ & wastes ___.
- Causes embarrassment
* Wastes time
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(NC #12)
Don’t ignore the obvious → look for:
The easiest way in.
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(NC #13)
Rule #3: If possible, use the door that:
The occupants normally use to enter or exit the premises.
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(NC #14)
Rule 3: If possible, use the door that occupants normally use to enter/exit the premises. This puts you ___ (where) and also makes your job a lot easier:
In their most likely exit paths
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(NC #15)
Rule 3 (cont): If we can find the door that the occupant normally uses, chances are that it will be (less or more) heavily secured than other doors, and we can duplicate the actions of the occupant.
Less
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(NC #16)
Rule #4 – Maintain the integrity of the door – in other words:
Keep the door intact
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(NC #17)
1 of the least desirable methods of f/e is to ___, even if it is obvious that there is serious fire within:
Walk up & smash open a plate glass door or window.
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(NC #18)
Rule #4 (cont): By breaking open the glass, you have removed any control you had over:
The oxygen supply to the fire
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(NC #19)
Rule #4 (cont): In serious cases, the sudden inrush of fresh air can set off a:
Backdraft explosion
in less serious cases, fresh air may intensify a smaller fire
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(NC #20)
Rule #4 (cont): Even if a charged hoseline is in place, breaking through the door isn’t the best idea, for if the line loses water – door can’t be:
Closed again to cut off the oxygen supply
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(NC #21)
Rule #4 (cont): At interior doors that expose ___, it is critically important to keep the door to the fire intact. Why:
- Stairways or vertical openings.
* Since the closed door may be all that is keeping fire from blowing up the stairs being used by ffs or occupants.
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(NC #22)
Rule #4 (cont): The members at the door to the fire area are fully responsible for the safety of:
Everyone on the stairs above the fire
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(NC #23)
Rule #4 (cont): From previous card – If for any reason the hoseline cannot contain the fire within its original area, this team must be able to:
Close the door to prevent the fire from blowing up the stairwell, exposing the people above.
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(NC #24)
Fig. 8-4: Maintain integrity of the door! That means using a forcible entry technique that will allow you to:
At least reclose the door and, if possible, relock it as well.
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #25)
The forcible entry size-up begins with ___, as does our fire size-up:
Alarm information
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #26)
What often indicates the need for forcible entry:
Time of day
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #27)
The type of ___ can tell you which ways the doors will open:
Occupancy
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #28)
About 99% of residential doors open (inward or outward):
Inward
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #29)
About 99% of residential doors open inward. Whereas the opposite is true of:
Commercial establishments and places of assembly.
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #30)
Knowing which way doors likely open can help you review:
- The method of attack the door,
- Which end of the tool to use,
- What tool to use.
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #31)
Although the ___ (tool) is great compliment to halligan in most bldgs, it does have some drawbacks.
Flathead axe
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #32)
Flathead axe is great compliment to the halligan in most bldgs - does have drawbacks. The 6 lb doesn’t give it great driving force when used as hammer. When going into Class 1 (fire resistive) bdlg, axe can be replaced with?
- 8 or 10 lb sledgehammer
- (don’t need to chop wood in such bldgs & the added impact of the sledge is very useful on substantial steel doors or a cinder block wall)
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #33)
F/E Size-up continues as bldg comes into view (started w/ alarm information). Determine location of fire, any victims & door to be used for entry (usually front). While approaching door, look around – 3 Q’s to ask self include -
- Does fire appear to be in close proximity to the door? (if so, prepare for worst).
- What type of door is it? (wood, aluminum, steel clad, glass, etc – wood gives, making task easier.)
- What is the jamb set in? (brick, wood, other material)
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #34)
Look at the locks – how many are there and where are they. This will tell you:
Where to place your tool
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #35)
In some cases, seeing ___ may tell you to find an easier way in:
Several substantial locks
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #36)
Look at the presence of hinges or stop molding. If you see hinges, the door opens (which direction):
Out – towards you.
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #37)
If no hinges are visible, ___ will be present or the frame will be ___.
- Stop molding will be present
* Frame will be rabbeted.
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #38)
Be aware of how doors open and what that means. Normally apartment doors open:
Inward
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #39)
Doors that open out to the all (in apartments) include (2):
Janitor’s closets and elevators
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #40)
Doing the visual size-up of the door takes only a matter of seconds & you can do as you approach the door. Once you actually reach the door, the first rule is:
Try before you pry.
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #41)
Try before you pry. Before grabbing the door knob and pushing the door open. Makes sure everyone is ready to proceed. There can be fire a lot of fire behind a door with very little evidence on the outside – ensure everyone is positioned how:
- Out of the way – off to 1 side of door,
* At least crouching, if not kneeling.
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #42)
(After all in position) – keep your glove on and bend your hand back while tugging on your coat sleeve to expose a little of your wrist. Using your bare skin, feel:
Feel doorknob then top of door.
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #43)
Using method on previous card to feel door, you gain a lot more than feeling the same areas with your bare hand. Those gains are (2):
- Speed – don’t have to reglove to proceed.
2. Exposing nonessential body part.
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #44)
Burns to the hand are difficult to heal, since ___ hamper proper healing:
Hand motions greatly hamper proper healing.
(your wrist is far less mobile and less critical to daily activities).
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #45)
The doorknob is a good placed to check for heat, since it usually has a ___ connection from the fire side to the outer side:
Direct metallic, conductive connection
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #46)
(CFPC) – if doorknob is hot, then its time to begin the attack. Now grab knob & try the lock. If its locked – give the door a shake to determine:
Where the locking devices are & which are actually locked.
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #47)
Most normal locking devices have a key cylinder located where:
1 – 3” from edge of the door
if notice any cylinders located further than 1 – 3” from edge, it indicates owner made attempts at security
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #48)
If cylinders are located farther than 1 – 3” from edge, security modifications have been made. Options:
- Different method of attacking door - (power tolls, through the lock, hydraulic tools, etc)
- Look for easier way in.
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #49)
Fig. 8-5: A pattern of bolt heads coming through the door indicates the presence of:
Drop bars (similar to those once used at forts)
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #50)
Conventional F/E is often called the _____ method.
Because (its called this because):
- The brute-force method.
* Since it relies on applying great force either to bend or snap part of the door or lock assembly.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #51)
The person applying the force must know how to get the most out of a lever and:
Fulcrum.
(the longer the lever, the great the force that can be applied – too long of tool will be awkward in confined areas).
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #52)
By far, the most efficient combination of manual forcible entry tools is:
Flat-head axe paired with the halligan tool
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #53)
The Halligan tool provides how many means of getting a bite on the work:
4 – additionally it is invaluable for opening floors, walls, and roofs during overhaul.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #54)
Since the development of ___, the flat-head axe is used primarily as a hammer to drive the Halligan into spaces where it can get its bite:
Power saws
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #55)
Halligan & axe (often called set of irons) is a 2-person job. 1 to position & hold the Halligan, 2nd to swing the axe. The ___ person should be the one on the Halligan.
More experienced
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #56)
The more experienced FF should be holding halligan – they do the following:
- Place tool in position
- In control of both tools
- Direct other person when to swing
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #57)
When operating this way (2 people with set of irons), make every attempt to have the 2 people work from:
Opposite sides of the tool.
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Section: Forcible-Entry Size Up (NC #58)
Have ff’s work on opposite sides of the tool (if possible) - If axe misses objective, it won’t carry through & strike other person. The 3rd tool which should be brought in to ensure the basic triad of tools present at every structure is?
6’ hook (Fig. 8-7)
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #59)
The actual mechanics of forcing the door opened depend on:
Whether the door opens in or out
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #60)
Inward-Opening Doors → To breach an inward-opening door - place fork end of f/e tool ________ (where) in relation to lock, depending on whether the members are standing or kneeling:
About 6” either above or below the lock
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #61)
Inward-Opening Doors → Placing fork end of f/e tool about 6” either above or below the lock prevents tool from:
Striking the bolt of the lock as it is being driven in – which will stop penetration.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #62)
Inward-Opening Doors → If there is more than 1 locking device, insert the tool (where):
Midway between them
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #63)
Inward-Opening Doors → When using tools with a pronounced bevel in the fork, position the fork so that the outer curve is:
- Outer curve is toward door &
* Inner curve is towards jamb
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #64)
Inward-Opening Doors → Tool with a pronounced bevel in fork – position with outer curve toward the door & inner curve towards the jamb. This ensures ___ & provides ___:
- Ensures tool not driven into door &
* Provides greater leverage.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #65)
Inward-Opening Doors → Tool w/ pronounced bevel in fork – position w/ outer curve toward the door & inner curve towards the jamb. Positioning in the reverse manner tends to:
Let to tool back out when force is applied
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #66)
Inward-Opening Doors → Initially, place the tool (Halligan) nearly parallel to the door at about ___ angle from the door. This allows tool to be:
- 15 – 20 degrees
* Allows tool to be driven between door the & molding or rabbeting
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #67)
Inward-Opening Doors → Axe person must never swing w/ out specifically being told to do so, since Halligan will have to be continually moved outward as it is driven in further & further til it approaches:
A 90 degree angle toward the door
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #68)
Inward-Opening Doors → 90 degree toward the angle by halligan is necessary to:
Necessary to avoid driving tool into jamb
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #69)
Inward-Opening Doors → As tool is forced inward, wedge shape of fork will spread door away from jamb. Eventually, space will be wide enough to allow the lock bolt to clear jamb or frame of the rim rock to tear through. Task of pushing door open remains, this is possible when:
Possible when fork has been driven 1 or 2” past the edge of the door
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #70)
Inward-Opening Doors → When fork is driven 1 – 2” past edge of door, the following action will be - Pushing tool back toward door. This makes the doorjamb & halligan act as:
- Doorjamb - acts as a fulcrum
* Halligan - acts as the lever
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #71)
Inward-Opening Doors → Push on far end of halligan to exert the most force. Before applying the force, make sure that:
Someone has control of door so it doesn’t pop open uncontrollably.
(Do this by using a hose strap or short rope, or simply hang on to doorknob – fire may blow out and engulf members)
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #72)
Inward-Opening Doors → Alternate method to driving fork-end of halligan – put adze end of tool between door and jamb. Then __. This can be useful if you lack a ___:
- Push forked end of tool towards door.
* Useful if lack driving tool – not always successful since adze often slips out of jamb.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #73)
Fig. 8-12: An alternative method to forcing an inward swinging door is to drive the hook or claw end deep into the jamb as a ___: Pushing the fork end toward the door will force door open:
Fulcrum
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #74)
Inward-Opening Doors → At times, it may be possible for a single FF to force a wooden inward swinging door by ___:
Swinging the Halligan like a baseball bat.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #75)
Inward-Opening Doors → Single FF forcing an inward swinging door by swinging Halligan like a baseball bat – procedure:
- Swing halligan like baseball bat,
- This buries point end of the hook into the wooden jamb,
- Apply force to door with adze end by moving forked end up or down and toward the door.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #76)
Inward-Opening Doors → When other methods (described) fail – drive forked end between door & jamb, about 6” above or below the estimated position of:
The hinges.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #77)
Inward-Opening Doors → When other methods (described) fail – drive forked end between door & jamb, about 6” above or below the estimated position of the hinges. After you have driven fork in far enough, you will have:
Pulled the screws out of the door or hinge
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #78)
Inward-Opening Doors → attacking hinges approach – this method should be tried only as a last resort, since it violates:
Rule #4 – maintain integrity of the door
(if anything goes wrong, such as delay in water – there is no easy way to close the door and gain control of the situation)
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #79)
Inward-Opening Doors → For the same reasons as attacking the hinges is not recommended, so is (which technique):
To knock out the center part of a door and crawl through it, leaving the frame intact.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #80)
Inward-Opening Doors → If you are forced to breach the hinges, you should start with which hinge first? Because?
Start with top hinge 1st
Since heat/smoke/fire will be subsequently venting out – better to crouch below this & work on bottom hinge than to stand in the path of fire venting from below.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #81)
Outward-Opening Doors → Vast majority of commercial doors open in which direction and why?
- Outward
* Codes require doors open in direction of travel
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #82)
Outward-Opening Doors → Similar principles for inward swinging doors apply to outward swinging – spread door away from jamb & force in direction of travel. Outward swinging doors are often found in:
Recessed walls
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #83)
Outward-Opening Doors → Recessed walls would inhibit the movement of the iron if a fork were used, the recommended method is to use ___ (which end) of the tool.
Adze end
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #84)
Outward-Opening Doors → With the adze end driven in between the door & jamb on lock side, the tool projects back across the door itself. By pulling out on the end of the tool, you apply force to pull out the door. Position of adze is:
6” above or below the lock – same way as fork for inward swinging door.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #85)
Outward-Opening Doors → Adze end can’t be driven in further than:
The thickness of the door – it hits the rabbeted jamb.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #86)
Outward-Opening Doors → Since the adze end can’t be driven in more than the thickness of door (hits rabbeted jamb) – wedge affect not as great as w/ forked end. This may be overcome by:
- Prying up or down on opposite end of tool - which spreads door away from jamb.
- End of tool can then be pulled out – which opens door.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #87)
If encounter difficulty with lock side of outward swinging door, hinge side may sometimes be forced. Procedure:
- Drive fork end above or below the hinge,
- While simultaneously moving adze end toward wall on hinge side – this prevents fork from being driven into rabbeted stop.
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Section: Conventional Forcible Entry (NC #88)
Outward-Opening Doors → As alternative, if power saws are available, it may be possible to cut through hinge with:
- Metal cutting saw/blade or torch – then pry door with adze.
- Be aware that you will violate the integrity of the door & won’t be able to close it again.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #89)
Through the lock forcible entry was pioneered when and by whom?
- 1960’s
* By FDNY Capt. George Sunilla
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #90)
The through the lock forcible entry method centers around:
Duplicating the action of the key lock
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #91)
Although many locks are sophisticated devices, a lock’s ___ are very simple mechanical devices:
Key cylinders
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #92)
If we can get the cylinder out of the way, we can duplicate the:
Action of the cylinder and open the lock as through we had a key – and relock it as well, if desired.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #93)
F/E method which often provides the fastest, least damaging and sometimes the only way in:
Through the lock method
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #94)
Through-the-lock forcible entry is usually indicated by:
- A light fire condition,
- Specific types of doors,
- Specific types of locks.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #95)
There are how many major types of locks?
3
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #96)
Those who remain unconvinced of the effectiveness of the through the lock method are those who have either seen the method: Which is almost directly traceable to:
Fail or take a long time to work.
Such are traceable to the members’ unfamiliarity with the procedures to be followed.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #97)
The through-the-lock method is also known as:
The thinking person’s forcible entry
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #98)
An example of using the through-the-lock method (on a car is):
Punching the lock cylinder out of the trunk and inserting a screwdriver.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #99)
The most efficient way to remove lock cylinders is to use:
The K tool
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #100)
Fig. 8-18 → 21: To pull a cylinder with the K-tool, Steps to follow are:
- Place K-tool over cylinder.
- Tap it securely onto cylinder with an axe.
- Insert adze end of halligan & apply downward force to pull out the cylinder (if K-tool was placed on from the top)
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #101)
The orientation of k-tool isn’t too critical & may be adjusted to fit situation. What is important is when halligan is inserted into stirrup on back of tool, force being applied continues in:
Continues in the same direction as when the tool was being tapped on
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #102)
The jaws of the K-tool are tapered into a narrowing channel so that the force is applied in the same direction. If tool is applied from the top and the force is upward (against recommended direction), then the tool will likely:
Slip off of the cylinder
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #103)
Fig. 8-21: The jaws of the K-tool are designed to:
Dig deeper into the cylinder as more force is applied – as long as the force is going in the same direction as the jaws.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #104)
Fig. 8-21 (cont): The K-tool is the preferred to for removing most cylinders, but it will not work on several, notably which locks:
The fox lock & the Mul-T-Lock
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #105)
Fig. 8-21 (cont): The K-tool is the preferred to for removing most cylinders, but it will not work on several, notably the fox lock & the Mul-T-Lock. The ___ are crucial to actually manipulating the lock mechanism:
The key tools
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #106)
The real heart of the operation begins once the cylinder has been removed. The 1st step is to:
Pick up the cylinder & examine it.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #107)
The real heart of the operation begins once the cylinder has been removed. The 1st step is to pick up the cylinder & examine it. This will indicate:
- Type of lock you’re facing
- Which tool to use next
- Where to use tool
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #108)
The next tools to use are known as key tools, they perform simple functions, which are:
Duplicating the action of the back of the lock cylinder.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #109)
When you turn a key in a cylinder, it makes an attachment on the back of the cylinder turn as well. This simple ___ action is what operates virtually all locks:
Rotational
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #110)
With the cylinder out of the way, we can replace the cylinder with a ___ and turn it, thereby performing exactly the same action:
Similarly shaped piece of metal
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #111)
Fig. 8-22: Key cylinders come in 3 styles:
- Square shaft,
- Flat shaft (screwdriver),
- Cam.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #112)
The simplest type of lock to conquer is:
The rim lock
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #113)
The rim lock (simplest lock to conquer) is mounted/positioned where:
Mounted on the edge or rim of the door
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #114)
Rim lock functions almost exactly like?
Lock on trunk of car
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #116)
(CFPC) – The latest generations of rim locks have been designed with an added security feature designed to defeat this method (on previous card). The added security is:
- A spring loaded plate,
- Resembling a guillotine is built in –
- As soon as the cylinder is removed,
- The plate slides over the slot.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #117)
The added security in the latest generation of rim locks presents no real problem to forcible entry. Procedure is (3):
- Insert claw of Halligan into cylinder hole.
- Strike it with an axe (or striking tool)
- And knock lock right off of door.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #118)
Fig. 8-23: Rim lock & cylinder - a flat screwdriver-type blade will reproduce the action of the ___, if the lock is not equipped with a protective “guillotine.”
Cylinder
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #119)
Fig. 8-24: Rim lock - An alternative approach when speed is essential is to:
Drive the hook of the Halligan tool through the cylinder opening.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #120)
On occasion, usually on doors of apartments in high crime areas – may find a ‘square shaft’ instead of a ‘flat shaft’ when cylinder is pulled. This is what type of lock?
Police Lock
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #121)
Police Lock: If encounter, through-the-lock method is appropriate. Action to remove is:
Place Halligan through cylinder and whack it off of door.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #122)
A police lock is an extremely effective lock found only on what type of doors:
Inward swinging
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #123)
Police lock consists of a boxlike mechanism permanently mounted to the edge of the door by:
4 wood screws
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #124)
Police Lock has ___, which braces the door in the locked position:
- A removable ½” thick steel bar,
* Extends down to a recess in the floor – bracing the door in the locked position.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #125)
Fig. 8-26: Police locks presents a severe challenge to ___ forcible-entry methods:
Conventional
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #126)
Fig. 8-26 (cont): The police lock is only found in ___ doors.
A ___ braces the door closed:
- Inward swinging doors.
* Steel rod.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #127)
Fig. 8-27: Police lock – the rod is held in the closed position inside a ___ screwed to the door:
Steel box
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #128)
Police Lock: Attempting to force by conventional methods – whatever force is applied to the door is merely:
Transmitted to the floor via the steel rod
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #129)
Police Lock: Removing the cylinder (through the lock method) and striking the box mechanism itself allows you to apply the force to ___ rather than the bar. Using this method, lock should be out of way in (time):
Apply force to the 4 wood screws rather than to the bar.
This method takes less than 1 min (this method assumes serious fire is present or entry must be gained regardless of damage)
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #130)
Police Lock: If conditions require less damage be done, the rotating action of the cylinder can be duplicated by using:
Using a 5/16” square piece of stock tapered to a point within about ½”.
(lock may still have to be replaced since pulling the cylinder sometimes damages the box)
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #131)
Fig. 8-28: Police lock – A ___ is needed to duplicate the action of the cylinder:
Square shaft
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #132)
Fig. 8-29: Police lock – When you operate the mechanism with a key or key tool (square shaft), what happens:
Bar slides over, in line with the opening
the door can then be opened, as the bar rises up in the channel
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #133)
Fig. 8-31: Many times – the door will only open part way, and then you will have to:
Reach behind the door and lift the rod out of its socket in the door.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #134)
Type of lock most ff’s seem to have difficulty with because of unfamiliarity?
Mortise locks
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #135)
Mortise locks are so named because they are:
Recessed (mortised) inside the door itself
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #136)
Mortise Locks: The basic action of the cylinder is the same – rotational. When you pick up the cylinder, you will note a ___ nearly flush with the back of the cylinder.
Little pear shaped cam
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #137)
Mortise Locks: When you pick up the cylinder, you will note a little pear shaped cam nearly flush with the back of the cylinder. When it (cam) rotates, the cam activates:
The locking mechanism
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #138)
Mortise Locks: The cam inside the mortise lock (pear shaped), has a very limited area where it can perform work – about ___ of its path:
180 degrees of its path
this narrows down the area that the FF has to look to find the objective
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #139)
Mortise Locks: Fig. 8-34 → As the cam is rotated to the ___ position, the deadbolt begins to withdraw:
6 o’clock position
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #140)
Mortise Locks: Fig. 8-35 → The deadbolt is fully withdrawn as the cam completes its travel past the ___ position:
8 o’clock position
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #141)
Mortise Locks have limited area where it can perform work (180 degrees of its path) – That narrows down the area that the FF has to look to find the objective – in this case, there’s no slot in which to insert a key tool. FF must use ___ to locate the spring-loaded catch.
A key tool with a 90 degree bend to locate spring loaded catch, then push it down and move it into proper position.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #142)
The design of a mortise lock results in their greatest force being in the ___ position:
Straight down position (6 o’clock position)
(6 o’clock position is at the bottom where the key goes in the keyway – if imagine a given cylinder has face of clock ‘painted’ on it)
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #143)
Mortise Locks → The place where the cylinder does its work will be between the ___ positions:
Between 5 & 7 o’clock positions
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #144)
Mortise Locks → What is located between the 5 and 7 o’clock positions inside the cylinder of a mortise lock:
The spring loaded roller
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #145)
Mortise Locks → Only way lock will open is by working at ___ positions:
5 or 7 o’clock
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #147)
Mortise Locks → If lock is mounted sideways at top & bottom of door & key way is now at 3 or 9, catch will be at?
- 3 o’clock – 2 & 4 (from 4 to 2)
* 9 o’clock – 10 & 8 (from 10 to 8)
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #148)
An example of a situation that would indicate the use of through the lock f/e would be:
When you’re investigating what is assumed to be an emergency of a very minor nature – such as food on the stove or other small fire.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #149)
The damage done by going through the lock is usually repairable, often without the services of a:
Locksmith
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #150)
The presence of which locks indicate that through the lock techniques should be used:
Which locks are visible (out of 3 listed):
- Police locks – not detectable in advance
- Fox locks – plainly visible
- Pivoting deadbolts – plainly visible
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #151)
Fig. 8-36: A pivoting deadbolt style lock is commonly found in:
Narrow-stile, aluminum and glass storefronts.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #152)
Most storefronts built since the 1960’s have what type of framing from the plate glass doors and windows:
Aluminum
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #153)
A stile is ___, it is not ___:
Stile is the frame of the door, not a style or type.
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #154)
Fig. 8-38: When looking into a cylinder hole of the narrow-stile door, look for the ___ shape. And (action taken is):
- Light bulb shape
* Depress the spring loaded cam found right at the base of the light bulb
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #155)
Narrow-stile doors are almost always equipped with a ___ lock:
Pivoting deadbolt lock
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #156)
Narrow-stile doors are almost always equipped with a pivoting deadbolt lock. The pivoting deadbolt lock is a type of ___ lock:
Mortise type of lock
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #157)
Narrow-stile doors are almost always equipped with a pivoting deadbolt lock. The pivoting deadbolt lock is a mortise type of lock, and has a bolt throw of ___ to engage the jamb:
Of 1¼” or more to engage jamb
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Section: Through The Lock Forcible Entry (NC #158)
Narrow-stile doors – there’s no way to spread the door that far away from the jamb without:
Destroying the doorframe and breaking the glass.