Reading firefighters Rik Kuhn and Andrew Getka pried and smashed their way through a steel door on a recent afternoon at a city factory. There wasn’t a raging fire at The Rose Corp., 401 N. Eighth St.

Aluminum and glass doors on commercial occupancies are most commonly secured with a pivoting deadbolt. Pivoting deadbolts are in the mortise family of locks. The mechanism of mortise locks is in a ...

BROUSSARD, La. (KLFY) — The Broussard Fire Department was gifted a new door to open up enhanced training opportunities for area firefighters. The door is one among 15 Wood’s Forcible Entry training ...

FAIRFIELD TWP. — The growing partnership between Butler Tech and Middletown’s Cleveland Cliffs steel manufacturer is opening a lot of doors for area students and now even includes a custom-built door ...

This evolution will benefit all ranges of experience. Students will perform conventional forcible entry on inward and outward doors with varying degrees of difficulty, from restricted space to ...

OAK ISLAND, NC (WECT) - When a fire breaks out, emergency officials need to be able to get into homes and buildings as quickly as possible. After a long day of training, firefighters in Oak Island are ...

Science is further proving to us as firefighters that we must be strategic in coordinating our ventilation and extinguishing efforts when operating on the fireground. To get water onto the fire ...

Coweta Firefighters Hone Their Skills With Forcible Entry Training Coweta Firefighters are even more prepared for the dangers and challenges of their job, thanks to a local nonprofit. The firefighters ...

A forcible door entry simulator for the Dickson Fire Department was approved recently for purchase by the city council. The training simulator, which is made by Firehouse Innovations and cost $7,650, ...

Forcible entry has become a serious problem for the fire service all over the country. In some high crime areas we see tougher and tougher entry situations with locking systems that try to stay one ...