Forcible Entry Flashcards
What are the 4 basic categories of tools used for forcible entry?
Cutting
Prying
Pushing
Striking
Refers to the variety of techniques used to gain access into a structure
Forcible entry
What should you not cut with bolt cutters?
Case-hardened materials
Used in situations were electrical power is readily available?
Circular saw
Usually gasoline powered with changeable blades?
Rotary saw
Saw with a short straight blade that moves in and out
Reciprocating saw
What is one of the chain saws most common uses?
Ventilation
What is the single most important tool for 1 man operation?
Rambar
Manually operated spreader that is lightweight and consists of hand pumps
Hydraulic door opener (rabbit tool)
What tool do firefighters use as a reach advantage?
Pike poles
What is a piece of pipe that is slipped over the handle of a prying tool?
Cheater
Why is it important to store blades in a clean, dry environment?
Because hydrocarbons will attack the bonding material and subject them to sudden and violent disintegration
What do you apply to wooden handled tools?
Coat of boiled linseed oil
What do you do to unprotected metals as maintenance?
Oil the metal surface with light machine oil
What are the 4 ways doors function?
Swinging
Sliding
Revolving
Overhead
What are the 3 types of wooden doors?
Panel
Slab
Ledge
What type of door is made of solid wood?
Panel doors
Door that is constructed in two configurations: solid core hollow core?
Slab doors
Type of door that generally locks with some type of surface locking mechanism?
Ledge doors
What are the 3 types of metal doors?
Hollow-wood/metal skin
Metal clad-hollow shell
Tubular-seamless tube sections
What are the 3 main types of mechanisms used to lock revolving doors?
Panic proof-release mechanism
Drop arm-arm passing threw panel
Metal braced-metal chains
4 types of overhead doors?
Sectional-folding overhead
Tilt slab-spring operated
Roll up-steel roll up door
Telescoping-multiple u shaped metal sections
What is the proper length to cut open a door at?
6 feet high
What are the 5 types of fire doors?
Horizontal Vertical Single Double Overhead
What are the 4 types of locks?
Mortise
Bored
Rim
Padlock
What is it called when to tools are used together?
Set of irons
What is the tool used to pull locks out of it’s cylinder?
K tool
What are portable locking devices used to secure doors?
Padlock
What are the 4 types of windows?
Double hung(checkrail)
Hinged(casement)
Projected(factory)
Awning(Jalousie)
What window is found in factory’s and warehouses?
Projected(factory) windows
What is the length of awning windows and jalousie windows?
Awning-1 foot
Jalousie-4 inches
What glass is 250 times stronger then safety glass and 30 times stronger then acrylic?
Lexan glass
Opening a hole in a wall?
Breaching
How far apart can wooden floor joists be spaced?
12-24 inches apart
