BFD Forcible Entry: 1 Baseball Bat technique

[sherpa285]

Wrong address! Pretty funny! In the video, the reason he hooks it with the adz is just to practice closing it if fire conditions inside are found to be too intense to make entry without first applying water. Or in the event that you want to gain access to all entry doors for later use (possibly to make secondary exits for crews inside) but you don't want to change the air currents feeding the fire. Take care!

[italianbroker1]

i can already hear my instructor once i open the door hes gonna scream>"your burning up theres a backdraft you introduced fresh oxygen your dead!" haha

[kbk1061]

Why use the Adze to pull it closed again ? question from a probie.

[Detschman74]

@kbk1061 to prevent anything bad from happening, giving the fire o2, backdraft, anything really, your getting the door ready for entry but not going in yet so why leave the door open

[kbk1061]

@Detschman74 Right on. Just got my essentials book. and do you wait to do VES first with the door ready if not an IDLH atmosphere. or what is your Dept. SOP ?

[Detschman74]

@kbk1061 well if there is a possibilty of someone inside they come before the house and normaly VES is on a second story so you are going in through a window which is totaly different than forcible entry. both can happen at close to or the same time but they need to be in communication with each other to know what the fire is doing to prevent a quick retirement

[kbk1061]

@Detschman74 So with forcible entry you just watch for signs of rollover and flash over ? then make entry ?

[Detschman74]

@kbk1061 kinda there are signs before you enter like the building may look like its breathing smoke watch different videos. watching the smoke is a big part and it takes a lot of experience to get good i still suck at it but mainly you cant be sure till you open a door and take a look thats why you always pull the door closed...just in case

[RayAir1]

Try that on a real door.

[Detschman74]

@RayAir1 its just as easy

[Ninjamonkey767]

In that first example, how is the bolt being freed from the frame? I was always taught that the Halligan pulls the door sideways to pull the bolt out of the frame, but it doesn't look like this method moves the door sideways at all. Is there something I'm missing?

[Detschman74]

@Ninjamonkey767 no your not missing anything and you are right but with the baseball bat method you are just breaking the door frame by ripping the deadbolt through

[jawbone83]

the guy at the end was going to make it through even if he had to hack through it.

[chrisb480]

WMG-thanks for blocking out audio of another great movie. people put good time and effort into creating these movies, its totaly bullshit what your doing.

to the maker of this video....EXCELLENT..couldnt ask for better..keep up the great work brothers

[demonicwolf69]

nice im probie so im trying to learn i wanna hit the ground running i never knew you could use the halligan for this thanks :D

nice ending prolly what will happen should i try this lol.

[jlm993]

I aim just abvove the the lock. That splits the jamb and the split runs into the mortise that holds the bolt. That reduces the prying.

[dropkicksocialdfan]

thanks for the post some of the guys and i were trying to remember how to do this today oddly enough, nice refresher. thanks from the manville fd(jersey)