Chapter 11 Forcible Entry Flashcards

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When are forcible entries required?

Forcible Entry Situations?

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  1. Forcible entry is usually required at emergency incidents where time is a critical factor.
  2. Company officers usually select both the point of entry and the method to be used.
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Forcible Entry Strategy? (4)

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  1. Try before you pry
  2. Don’t ignore the obvious
  3. Use most commonly used entrance or exit
  4. Maintain the integrity of the door
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General Tool Safety?

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  1. Always wear PPE
  2. Learn to recognize the materials used in building and construction and the appropriate tools and techniques used for each kind of material. (case-hardened steel)
  3. keep tools in ready state, Keep all tools ready to go clean properly serviced according to manuel, Immediately report damaged tools.
  4. Do not leave tools lying around.
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Striking Tools

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generate an impact force directly on a object or another tool. ex.

  1. Flat Head Axe
  2. Battering Ram
  3. Sledgehammer
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Prying/ Spreading Hand Tools

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Hand tools designed for prying and spreading

  1. Halligan Tool (adz, pick, claw (fork)
  2. Pry Bar/Hux Bar/Crow Bar
  3. Pry Axe- used on doors and windows
  4. Hydraulic Spreaders- Rabbet and extrication devices
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Cutting Tools

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Primarily used for cutting doors, roofs, walls and floors.
1. Axe- flathead, pick-head, pry, and multipurpose axes.
2. Bolt cutters- do not cut case hardened locks
3. Circular Saw- K12
Blades- Carbide-tipped blades (wood), Aluminum Oxide (metal), Masonry Blades (concrete)

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Lock tools/ specialty tools

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K-tools- cut into lock cylinder
A-tool- is similar to the k tool except that it has the pry bar built into the cutting part of the tool.
J-tools- will fit between double doors that have panic bars.
Shove Knife- old tool used to open doors by slipping between the door and the frame to open latch

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Duck Billed Lock Breakers

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made of softer metal material to allow tool to create a better bite.

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Locking pliers and chain

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used to keep tension on door while lock is being broken or removed

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Bam Bam tool

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used to pull out lock cylinders

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11
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Basic door construction

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  1. Door (the entryway itself)
  2. Jamb (the frame)
  3. Hardware (the handles hinges, and other components.)
  4. Locking Mechanism
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Wood doors

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Solid core- (Front and back doors) constructed of solid wood core blocks covered by a face panel. Contain fire better and harder to force
Hollow core-(interior doors) lightweight, honey comb interior, which is covered by a face panel.

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Metal Doors

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either solid or hollow fire resistance

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Glass Doors

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steel frame, with tempered glass easy to to force but can be dangerous owing to the number of small broken pieces.

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5 most common doors

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  1. inward
  2. outward
  3. sliding
  4. revolving
  5. overhead
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Inward opening doors

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have a exterior frame with stop or rabbet that keeps the door from opening past the latch.
1. used beveled edge

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Outward opening door

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usually commercial occupancies, hidden hinges. designed for quick emergency exits.

  1. check hinges
  2. adz end of a prying tool
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Windows

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provide air flow and light to the inside of buildings, and emergency exits and entrance
1. Break the top left corner

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19
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The transparent part of a window?

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the glazed part of the window

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20
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Regular or annealed glass

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normally used in construction

21
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Double-Pane Glass

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used to improve insulation some may include inert gas such as argon. They hold heat in and should be forced the same way a annealed (regular) glass

22
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Plate Glass

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is stronger thicker glass used in large window openings shatter into large pieces. ex. store fronts break with halligan or pike pole.

23
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Laminated Glass

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safety glass made with a film to prevent shattering and causing injury. sheet a plastic molded in between two sheets of glass.

24
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Tempered Glass

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is specially heat treated, making it four times stronger than regular glass. Used in side and rear windows. when shattered it shatters into small pellets

25
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Type of window (7)

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  1. Double-Hung- Place Halligan under locking mechanism and pry
  2. Single-Hung- Same as double hung only bottom section moves
  3. Jalousie- avoid these window time consuming horizontal sections.
  4. Awning- Same as Jalousie with larger sections break bottom and operate handle
  5. Horizontal-Sliding- place halligan near the latch and break it. breaking glass should be the last resort
  6. Projected- Found in old factories and warehouses may open inward or outward
  7. Casement- similar to jalousie and awning but open opens from side using a single hinge.
26
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Parts of a door lock (3)

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Latch- part of the lock that catches and holds the door
Operating lever- handle, knob, or keyway turns latch to lock or unlock it.
Deadbolt- a second separate latch that locks and reinforces the regular latch

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Parts of a Pad lock (3)

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Shackles- the u-shaped top of the lock that slides a hasp and locks in the padlock itself.
Unlocking Mechanism- key way, combination wheels, or combination dial
Lock Body- main part of the padlock that houses the locking mechanisms and the retention part of the lock .

28
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Cylindrical locks

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most common fixed lock in use, usually easy to open and not very strong. use A-tool, K-tool or pry bar

29
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Padlocks

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most common locks on the market today many strengths and designs. 1/4 shackles or less are usually not made of case hardened metal. 1/4 shackles or larger are heavy duty and are made of case hardened metal. Bolt cutters cannot cut these.

30
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Hockey Puck (American Series 2000)

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hidden vertical shackle, remove using a pipe wrench with cheater bar, if not use K12 cut 2/3 to 3/4 horizontal to remove shackle

31
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Tools commonly used to break padlocks (4)

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  1. bolt cutters- can only be used on non case hardened metal.
  2. Duck billed- soft metal wedge used with strike tool to spread and break lock
  3. Bam Bam tool (dent puller)- used to remove lock cylinders wont work on locks with cylinder lips.
  4. Locking pliers and chain- used for keeping control of the door and holding locks that are being cute or broken to ensure safety.
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Mortise locks

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commonly found in hotel rooms, through the lock technique

33
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Rim locks/ Deadbolts

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suface mounted locks on the interior of the door fame. Commonly found in residential areas, Bolt extends 1 inch into door frame.
difficult to break use through the lock method and k-tool, a-tool, chain and locking pliers

34
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Through the lock forcible entry

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  1. Speed
  2. Less Damage
  3. Fire Control
  4. Injury Reduction
  5. Ease of operation
35
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Key Cylinder cam mechanisms

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  1. Square
  2. screw driver
  3. cam
36
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Police locks

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extends vertically 5/32 inch square fox tool

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Fox locks

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extends horizontally 5/32 inch square fox tool, push/ turn to open from outside, pull and turn to open from inside.

38
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Breaching floors and walls is the?

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last resort

39
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Partition walls are?

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nonbearing walls

40
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Best tools to breech exterior masonry walls (3)

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  1. Battering ram
  2. sledge hammer
  3. rotary saw with concrete blade
41
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Breaching interior walls

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can be dangerous they can be load bearing and they contain

  1. electrical wires
  2. plumbing
  3. cable wires
  4. phone wires
42
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What should be kept in mind when overhauling

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salvage of property be professional inflict as less damage as possible to occupants home. We are a costumer service organization.

43
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Forcible entry is what type of method?

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Brute force method (use irons)

44
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Why forcible entry?

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  1. Search and Rescue

2. Extinguish

45
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Overhead doors

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  1. Break out panel or window to reach latch
  2. Cut small opening to reach latch
  3. Open door secure with Pike Pole, pinch/crush railing, or lock jack pliers
  4. Inverted V-type cut (make sure its big enough for a quick escape.)
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Breeching Plexiglass

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  1. 250 times stronger than safety glass
  2. 30 times stronger than acrylic
  3. cut with k 12
  4. freeze with CO2 extinguisher and use pick of halligan to breech.
47
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Doors (3)

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  1. Slab- solid, hollow interior
  2. Ledge- frame ledge frame and brace
  3. Panel- Solid, with panel inserts
48
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AFD The Irons

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  1. Adz, pick and fork 30 inch 15/16 hexagonal forged steel (9lbs)
  2. 8lbs flat head axe
49
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AFD sledge hammer

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8- 12 lbs