Checking for Extension, Overhaul and Forcible Entry

           (4)Center swing-out sections surrounded by stationery glass

       b. Some windows simply too small to allow entry

       c. Large double-pane windows expensive to replace

       d. Storm windows or screens must be removed before built-in windows can be opened

B. Doorways

  1. Pre-Fire Inspection

      a. The greater the company's knowledge of its territory, the more efficiently it will operate in forcing

          entry

          (1)Which buildings locked up during part of day, and times locked

          (2)Which buildings always open at street entrance, but could require forced entry into individual

               units

           (3)Which buildings locked at street entrance and at inner lobby door

           (4)Which buildings have doors that, when locked, can be easily forced open and which are 

                difficult to force

           (5)Which buildings can be entered from rear and sides, as well as from front

           (6)Which buildings have private security forces that respond to alarm with keys

           (7)Which buildings might present forcible entry problems as exposures if nearby or attached

                structure becomes involved in fire

           (8)Which is best way to enter problem buildings by force if that should be necessary

        b. Results of inspections may be

           (1)Carrying keys for building

           (2)Pointing up need for special forcible entry tools

           (3)Positioning tools so that most used ones easiest to reach

           (4)Assigning front and rear coverage and exposure coverage

       c. Pre-fire inspections should be continuing effort since most building owners constantly seeking to

           improve security

       d. Crews should be aware of how best to enter those buildings with unusual or extremely difficult

            entry problems

  2. Tempered-glass doors

       a. For all practical purposes tempered glass cannot be broken

       b. Attack at lock or find some other means of entry

       c. Locks usually cylinder type located at middle or both of door

       d. Double tempered door locks located in middle

       e. Use lock puller to remove lock

       f. If lock puller not available, drive chisel end of pry bar between lock and frame or between two

          sections to force open

       g. Alternative method is to drive bar into space above lock and then dive down to destroy locking

           pins

       h. For bottom locks, drive tool under door to displace keeper

       i. Hydraulic tools can be used to force apart double doors or raise lock at bottom

       j. Quickest way may be to force plate glass window near tempered glass door

       k. If tempered glass door must be broken, strike at lower corner of door with pick end of axe

  3. Heavy plate-glass doors

      a. Treat same as tempered-glass doors

      b. Usually has bar across center or lower center of door

      c. Better to remove or force lock or enter nearby plate glass window

  4. Wood doors

      a. May or may not have cylinder locks

      b. Usually has bolts that engage keepers at top or bottom of door or both

      c. Double doors can be bolted to each other;  pulling or forcing lock does not guarantee entry

      d. May have center panels which can be broken out for entry or opening door

  5. Metal doors

      a. Before attempting to force, checked for exposed locks or hinges

      b. If lock can be seen, drive pry tool between door and frame and force open

      c. If hinges exposed, pull hinge pins or drive tool between hinge and door facing

      d. Doors with neither lock nor hinges exposed cannot be forced with standard tools

      e. Doors may be secured with a steel bar or fox lock