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Forcible Entry Exam A+ Pass When we open things up that are uncontrolled openings what do we need?* - Answer- guessing a hose line how do you visually figure out which way door swings?* - Answer- by looking at the hinges, if you can see the hinges from from the outside, it is usually an outward swinging door, but if not, it is usually an inward swinging door What is the five point size up?* - Answer- Door swing locks frame wall How are window bars and security gates set up* - Answer- some are fixed to buildings and immovable some roll down or flex into place and our padlocked. some are mounted to the exterior and are easily visible others sit inside doors or windows and are less perceptible from the outside When forcing how much damage do we give to the building? What is it comparable to?* - Answer- The scope of the emergency speed verse cost know how to take out security bars on windows* - Answer- it depends how they're attached and what the wall material is ( easiest and quickest method is using power tools, if secured with a padlock, cut the shackle cut the attachment points use a sledgehammer to destroy the masonry around the bars, destroy the concrete around the anchors, destroy the wood and loosen the lag bolts with Halligan pick and pry etc.) where are you Are going to find metal rods or wooden dowels?* - Answer- Sliding glass doors know the types of lock sets, and all the locks* - Answer- in the quizlet know all the glass types* - Answer- in the quizlet What does GSF stand for?* - Answer- GAP SET FORCE what is a duck bill tool used for?* - Answer- It's a steel wedge welded onto a metal shaft and is used for breaking padlocks What's a shove knife?* - Answer- A flexible piece of flat steel with a handle and a notch cut into the blade. It is used to manually push the slam latch the key knob or Mortise lock out of the strike plate open the door what is an a tool and what is a k tool?* - Answer- a tool = used to pull bored locks, first lock, pulling tool used in the fire service k tool = used to pull mortise and rim lock set cylinders, used in combo with halligan know the differences between forcing a door and a window* - Answer- not sure scraper bar and flathead screwdriver for windows sash locks also, if glass breaks it cant be closed, remember that the scale of the alarm determines how aggressive you were going to be with forcible entry* - Answer- what are electromagnetic locks?* - Answer- A type of locket that has a thick metal plate attached to the door on the interior side with a corresponding plate mounted on the door frame, these locks can be locked or unlocked on a timer they can be unlocked when an authorized uses a buzzer if Powers lost in the building, the lock sets are programmed to fail in either the locked position( fail secure) or the unlocked postion (fail safe) used in jail or prison know how padlocks work* - Answer- their freestanding locks standard padlocks can often be cut with bolt cutters and usually have shackles that are quarter of an inch standard padlock on one side of the shackle, high security padlocks are thicker than a quarter of an inch and are made of case hard and steel can't be caught with bolt cutters and lock on both sides of the shackle when you have chains locked together, how are you going to look at them?* - Answer- ? guessing what they are connected too, is it easier to cut the chain rather than the lock, or cut what the lock is connected to know all your window types * - Answer- in the quizlet know the steps it takes to get through an inward/outdoor door* - Answer- in the quizlet what do we do first before we force doors?* - Answer- Try before we pry know what tools we use for what applications* - Answer- in the quizlet know your walls, loadbearing and partition walls and where you're going to find most of them* - Answer- Loadbearing walls are usually your exterior walls and non-load bang partition walls are usually your interior walls when we make entry, what are we looking at and what are we trying to do?* - Answer- fastest and safest what are the brute force ways of getting into doors?* - Answer- sledgehammer method and stutterstep, he said mule kick remember when using circ saw run them at full RPMs in during and out of the material * - Answer- know who is in charge of the irons* - Answer- halligan firefighter what are the different locks and what tools do we apply to different locks?* - Answer- in the quizlet know your door systems* - Answer- in the quizlet why are we making giant holes in doors?* - Answer- So that we can all run out of there if we have to do so, so everyone can make it out and we're not going one by one what is the process of gaining access to a structure when the normal means of entry are locked secured obstructed blocked, or unable to be used for some other reason - Answer- Forcible entry Who decides when and where to force entry and which tactics will be used - Answer- typically, the company officer/IC What are two key factors to consider when forcing a door? - Answer- Speed or cost Incident that require this type of entry include working fires fire alarms with visible smoke. Heavy odor of smoke or automated sprinklers have been activated and EMS responses were the victim needs immediate medical attention. - Answer- speed incidences that require this type of entry include the following fire alarms with no smoke or odors of smoke on arrival odor investigations with no odor upon arrival and EMS calls with a minor complaint or a need for it. Only lift assist - Answer- cost what is your five point size up or five main elements that make up the door system - Answer- door swing locks frame wall What is a movable panel in a wall opening that allows entry into a building or room? - Answer- Door What is the outer housing of a door that is attached to the wall into which the door is set? - Answer- Door frame What includes the hinges that attach the door to the frame or the tracks that a sliding door moves in and the locket called - Answer- Hardware what includes the door knob handle or push bar used to latch and unlatch the door and physically hold the door shut within its frame - Answer- lockset What are the most common type of pedestrian doors? - Answer- Swinging doors What kind of door swings into the building or room when you open it? - Answer- inward swinging door What kind of door swings away from the building or room when you open it? - Answer- Outward swinging door If you are standing outside of the building or the room and you can see the doors hinges, it is typically what type of door - Answer- Outward swinging If you cannot see the hinges standing outside of the building or room, what kind of door is it? - Answer- inward swinging True or false the exterior entry doors to most single-family homes are inward swinging doors - Answer- true True or false the exterior entry doors to mass occupancy and commercial buildings are almost always outward swinging doors - Answer- true What are the most common types of swinging doors name three - Answer- Solidcore, hollow core or glass storefront What type of door is made of solid wood panels that fit together to look and feel almost like a single piece of wood - Answer- solid core door what type of doors are solid core doors covered in sheet metal to provide increased fire resistance and our rare and recent construction - Answer- Metal clad doors what type of door is has an outer covering of veneer over a framework that gives the door shape and they usually have a filling material - Answer- Hollow core door

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Forcible Entry Exam A+ Pass
When we open things up that are uncontrolled openings what do we need?* - Answer-
guessing a hose line

how do you visually figure out which way door swings?* - Answer- by looking at the
hinges, if you can see the hinges from from the outside, it is usually an outward
swinging door, but if not, it is usually an inward swinging door

What is the five point size up?* - Answer- Door swing locks frame wall

How are window bars and security gates set up* - Answer- some are fixed to buildings
and immovable some roll down or flex into place and our padlocked. some are mounted
to the exterior and are easily visible others sit inside doors or windows and are less
perceptible from the outside

When forcing how much damage do we give to the building? What is it comparable to?*
- Answer- The scope of the emergency speed verse cost

know how to take out security bars on windows* - Answer- it depends how they're
attached and what the wall material is ( easiest and quickest method is using power
tools, if secured with a padlock, cut the shackle cut the attachment points use a
sledgehammer to destroy the masonry around the bars, destroy the concrete around
the anchors, destroy the wood and loosen the lag bolts with Halligan pick and pry etc.)

where are you Are going to find metal rods or wooden dowels?* - Answer- Sliding glass
doors

know the types of lock sets, and all the locks* - Answer- in the quizlet

know all the glass types* - Answer- in the quizlet

What does GSF stand for?* - Answer- GAP SET FORCE

what is a duck bill tool used for?* - Answer- It's a steel wedge welded onto a metal shaft
and is used for breaking padlocks

What's a shove knife?* - Answer- A flexible piece of flat steel with a handle and a notch
cut into the blade. It is used to manually push the slam latch the key knob or Mortise
lock out of the strike plate open the door

what is an a tool and what is a k tool?* - Answer- a tool = used to pull bored locks, first
lock, pulling tool used in the fire service
k tool = used to pull mortise and rim lock set cylinders, used in combo with halligan

, know the differences between forcing a door and a window* - Answer- not sure scraper
bar and flathead screwdriver for windows sash locks also, if glass breaks it cant be
closed,

remember that the scale of the alarm determines how aggressive you were going to be
with forcible entry* - Answer-

what are electromagnetic locks?* - Answer- A type of locket that has a thick metal plate
attached to the door on the interior side with a corresponding plate mounted on the door
frame, these locks can be locked or unlocked on a timer they can be unlocked when an
authorized uses a buzzer if Powers lost in the building, the lock sets are programmed to
fail in either the locked position( fail secure) or the unlocked postion (fail safe) used in
jail or prison

know how padlocks work* - Answer- their freestanding locks standard padlocks can
often be cut with bolt cutters and usually have shackles that are quarter of an inch
standard padlock on one side of the shackle, high security padlocks are thicker than a
quarter of an inch and are made of case hard and steel can't be caught with bolt cutters
and lock on both sides of the shackle

when you have chains locked together, how are you going to look at them?* - Answer- ?
guessing what they are connected too, is it easier to cut the chain rather than the lock,
or cut what the lock is connected to

know all your window types * - Answer- in the quizlet

know the steps it takes to get through an inward/outdoor door* - Answer- in the quizlet

what do we do first before we force doors?* - Answer- Try before we pry

know what tools we use for what applications* - Answer- in the quizlet

know your walls, loadbearing and partition walls and where you're going to find most of
them* - Answer- Loadbearing walls are usually your exterior walls and non-load bang
partition walls are usually your interior walls

when we make entry, what are we looking at and what are we trying to do?* - Answer-
fastest and safest

what are the brute force ways of getting into doors?* - Answer- sledgehammer method
and stutterstep, he said mule kick

remember when using circ saw run them at full RPMs in during and out of the material *
- Answer-

know who is in charge of the irons* - Answer- halligan firefighter

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