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 ...

3:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. The focus is on the most common residential and commercial locks and the numerous options to defeat them whether on EMS calls, service calls, or the fireground. Methods, tools, ...

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 ...

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 ...