Trolling the Internet looking at different fire service websites and YouTube videos, I often come across training on through-the-lock forcible entry. Instead of using our heavy-duty tools like our ...

High-security padlocks have been in existence since the early 1900s and have been presenting firefighters with forcible entry challenges for more than 100 years. Long before power tools became readily ...

Residential forcible entry is an art. It must be practiced and fine-tuned continually. In fact, once you master the art, you’ll realize that all of the doors that you forced previously were a matter ...

When members don’t practice forcible entry, they easily can lose a step. Further, the fireground isn’t a place to relearn skills; it’s where members should implement previously covered skills and only ...