Tag Archives: forcible entry

Here are a couple pictures of a wall breach prop Andrew Brassard passed along. Looks to be a pretty good reusable prop that we can make with some scrap around the firehouse neighborhood.

Heck, most of yes have the materials laying around the firehouse. Have a rookie on your crew?

In the pictures below you will see that going through the lock is a good option. Cutting the bars may be more difficult as they spin and will not leave you a way to secure the occupancy after the call.

A few months back Elgin (Oregon) Fire Protection District Fire Chief Kevin Silvermail contact us about our homemade forcible entry prop. Unfortunately there are no blueprints to share, but we passed along numerous pictures and emails with measurements.

Below is a video he sent over as well. Quick discussion for you forcible entry junkies.

Brother Blodgett sent these pictures over of an old school tool. It has been riding a rig for decades. No markings or names on it. We are trying to identify the story behind it. If you know the name or have any information please share. Brother Brassard is on the hunt for answers as well.

Unfortunately, the young lad won't be going to the regional qualifier because other students presenting on basket weaving and the aerodynamics of horseshoes were selected instead.

So one of the local high school career center students and fire explorer asked if I could help him learn more about forcible entry for a skills challenge competition. He said competition, right? All in!

October is alway a busy month with fire prevention activities, so here are a few topics to get your training geared back up. Ultimately, we have to expect fire, expect entrapments, and expect to break stuff. There are a bunch of links throughout this post to help with a company drill or table top discussion.

We just wrapped up four company drills of forcible entry training with the Oregon (OH) Fire Department. Many of the pictures are on the First Due Tackle facebook page. Be sure to check them out. We talked tools, technique, and brotherhood.