Chapter 7 - Forcible Entry Flashcards
Forcible entry operations can
a. Add damage to the fire building
b. Allow fire fighters to get into position quickly to reduce overall damage
c. Allow fire fighters to get into position quickly to save lives
d. All of the above.
d. All of the above.
When first-arriving ladder companies are
confronted with a working fire that has gained headway with a possible life hazard, they should
a. Perform a quick 360-degree walk, checking for alternative access to the fire building that doesn’t require forceable entry, heeding the adage “try before you pry”
b. Quickly check the fire building to determine the easiest way to gain entry and limit damage
c. Force entry into the fire building immediately without stopping to consider the damage
d. Force entry into the fire building immediately, but consider the damage
c. Force entry into the fire building immediately without stopping to consider the damage.
When confronted with a working structure fire with exposures on either side, ladder crews assigned to forcible entry should
a. Check the door to be sure it needs to be pried and also check with management, occupants, or security to see whether they can open the door, heeding the adage “try before you pry”
b. Quickly check the exposure building by oerformig a quick 360-degree walk around all involved buildings to determine the easiest way to gain entry and limiting damage
c. Force entry into the fire building immediately without stopping to consider the damage
d. Force entry into the fire building immediately, but consider the damage
Check the door to be sure it needs to be pried and also check with management, occupants, or security to see whether they can open the door, heeding the adage “try before you pry.”
The _________axe head is not usually sharpened to as fine an edge as other axes.
a. Flat
b. Chisel
c. Pick
d. Adz
a. Flat
The Rabbet tool is used to pry open doors and windows, but not a. Inward swinging doors b. Outward swinging doors c. Metal fire doors d. Metal-framed double-hung windows
b. Outward swinging doors.
It is easier to force entry through a
a. Metal door
b. Metal-clad wooden door
c. Window
d. Each of these presents special problems, therefore, none can be established as more or less difficult to force
c. Window.
When breaking window glass from an upper story window, the fire fighter should
a. Work from the upwind side and above the window
b. Work from the upwind side and along side the window
c. Work from the downwind side and above the window
d. Work from the downwind side and along side the window
a. Work from the upwind side and above the window
It is almost always easier to force entry through the _____ door of a store.
a. Front
b. Rear
c. Side
d. No statement can be made regarding which door is easier to force, as this depends on the type of store and location
a. Front
When confronting a commercial building with a metal door that is set in a masonry
wall and the door must be forced open, the quickest method would be
a. Placing the adz end of a pry tool in the doorframe, drive it in, and force it outward
b. Using a Rabbet tool
c. Pulling the lock
d. Removing exposed door hinges
d. Removing exposed door hinges.
A BLANK lock is practically impossible to force.
a. Rotating tumbler triple
b. Straight double-bar bolt
c. Detroit
d. Fox
d. Fox
Sometimes it is necessary to breach a wall to enter an apartment. In this regard
a. It is generally easier to breach the wall between apartments and corridor
b. It is generally easier to breach the wall between apartments
c. Walls between apartments and corridors are of the same construction; thus, breaching either wall will require the same effort
d. Always breach the wall next to the door
b. It is generally easier to breach the wall between apartments.
When a concrete block exterior wall is breached to gain entry
a. Make the opening next to the door
b. Create an opening as near as possible to the center of the wall
c. Open the wall at a corner
d. Open the wall next to a corner
a. Make the opening next to the door.
