In this article, we’ll shift gears and focus on a particular truck company duty: forcible entry. As with any fireground skill, the difficulty associated with forcible entry depends on your ...

Review all things forcible entry with these articles from our FireRescue ... its smaller size and its ability to be used by a single firefighter, the Hydra-Ram is simply amazing.” ...

Forcible entry has become a serious problem for the ... important especially when dealing with multiple dwellings or when firefighter crews are above our position. Haphazardly crashing a door ...

"Forcible entry in the fire service is very complicated as there are literally thousands of scenarios with locked openings that can either hamper rescue operations or impede a firefighter's ...

Forcible entry door props can include stairs and confined ... He started as a volunteer firefighter with the Cromwell, CT, Volunteer Fire Department. After that, James joined the Rockville ...

Firefighter candidates taking a physical ability test must use a 10-pound sledge hammer in a forcible entry event to set off a buzzer. It is one of eight events that must all be completed in less ...

forcible entry and people drags. Mystik Miller is the executive director of the Wild Institute, as well as a local volunteer firefighter. She explained they brought in female instructors from all ...

"The mission of the Firefighter Combat Challenge (FCC ... e.g., climbing a five-story tower in full PPE gear, forcible entry, victim rescue, and fire hose hoist / drag – as first responders ...

Those skills include building construction, fire behavior, basic and advanced hose, handling, auto extrication, forcible entry." The training is designed for new firefighter/ paramedics.