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Carolina Fire Rescue EMS Journal just a few; plate glass, safety glass, lexan, hurricane, high security glass with wire frames, bullet proof and many more.Think of it this way, if you can break in, make your way in and put the fire out you will be pulling your hose, which in a fire is your life line, over and through glass. Last I knew; fire hose could be cut by glass. Is that the smartest and safest way to conduct business as a professional? Through the lock is a professional way to enter the building The Atrium lock is the type found on most with little or no damcommercial doors. age to the door and cylinder around and look at the lock.This technique back, when you see the “little helps with public relations and light bulb� this will tell you to is the best way to act like the use the 90 degree end of the professionals we all strive to be. Kerry Tool. Place the Kerry Tool with the 90 degree perpendicu- Advanced Technique lar to the door, lower it into the An advanced way to conduct lock and the turn the tool to “Through the Lock� is to use a the right or left depending on set of channel locks to bite the what way the door swings. lock cylinder and turn the tool This is sometimes referred to counter clock wise.The chanas the 9 to 5 or the 5 to 9, again nel locks adjusted to the right depending on how the door size and then “clamped� to the swings. After “throwing� the lock cylinder and spun, will act dead bolt, this will unlock the like the reverse process that door. Now the door is opened, go in and check things out. Afterwards reverse the process and lock the door, have the police respond to baby sit the building while the key holder is still on their way there. Now back to our cavemanfirefighter who wants to just smash the glass. How many different types of glass do you think there are? Three or four? Well, to name
was used by the Locksmith to install the lock. By turning the tool counter clockwise, it will spin the lock out of the threads on the cylinder and then allow for the use of the Kerry Tool to unlock the latch/deadbolt. Your storefront could be all glass (figures 3 and 4) — known as a frameless door. But what type of glass? I’m not sure, but I don’t think you will throw a brick through it and break in. Also note during your size up, the locks are on the bottom of the doors and lock into the floor/door sill plate. Ed Henry has been with Charleston FD since 2004. He is an instructor for both the South Carolina Fire Academy and Connecticut Fire Academy. He is a H.O.T. instructor at F.D.I.C. and Firehouse Expo teaching engine and truck operations. He also instructs at the Charleston F.D. Recruit School and has taught H.O.T. class at the S.C. Firefighters Conference in Myrtle Beach on Forcible Entry. Henry has a B.S. in fire service administration and is certified as a Fire Officer IV. He has been awarded the nation’s high honor, The Presidential Medal of Valor by President G.W. Bush, along with several other state accommodations.
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