Here is a quick demo of your S&D Rex or Standard Rex not being immediately available and an option to overcome residential grade hardware. It won’t always be this easy but with or without a Rex, the absolute most Respectful Entry is going to be to get it to sag or drop and manipulating the

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Training Minutes Revisited: John Buckheit and his crew show you different ways of forcing an inward-opening door located in tight quarters, such as a corner or basement stairwell. These videos are for training demonstration purposes only. When you perform these techniques at emergency scenes and evolutions, be sure to wear full PPE and adhere to

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A short compilation showing how EFFECTIVE and FAST it is to defeat swipe card access entry doors and security plates, with the TRI-BLADE. The TRI-BLADE is a multi-tool designed for emergency service personnel. Made by a Firefighter mainly as a means of reducing damage and saving time to make entry into locked areas. The time

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Visit CoastalFireTraining.com for all your tools, training, and swag. Our Philosophy on Respectful Entry / Through – The – Lock firefighter; right time, right place, right application. Given these circumstances, which we all are commonly presented with. Get in safely, quickly and do you job. We always say “If you know how you will know

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At Fort Washington we are always looking for new training opportunities that can help keep our firefighters prepared for anything they may face. Sometimes we look outside the fire service for things that we can apply to our trade. This class came about after a conversation about passive entry with John Buttrick from Coastal Fire

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Passive forcible entry techniques made possible with modified carpentry tools you can purchase at Home Depot or Lowe’s.

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