Homemade Forcible Entry Door Prop

The do it yourself style door kit supplies you with the more difficult components of making a door prop.

Homemade forcible entry door prop.

Saved by east coast rescue solutions. Fire spread by opening and closing doors in a structure. Eight forcible entry props allow demonstration and practical evolutions to include the standard door props hinge and security bar cutting thru the lock techniques door cuts garage door cuts and padlock cuts. The longest pieces the two jambs are only 71 long.

Chances are the door you put up at your firehouse probably will never be transported anywhere but it is a. Firefighter training firefighter paramedic fire dept fire department fire training swinging doors fire fighters fire engine common sense more information. There are some commercially made and other homemade props like this around the country but here s my variation. Steel hinges jamb force plates base and header.

S d firefighter forcible entry door prop plans free download as pdf file pdf text file txt or view presentation slides online. For about 250 worth of steal 3 old oliver plow springs from brother firefighter farmer josh goetz in carroll township oh and some time i was able to weld together a forcible entry prop that can take the abuse over and over. Wood s door kit is made for firefighters that are hungry for training and willing to put in some work to make it happen. Would most fire departments looking for diy props find it interesting.

Dec 15 2015 the only way to perfect the skill of forcible entry. One nice feature of this forcible entry door prop is that it can be assembled in about five minutes and broken down in probably less time than that. Wood s forcible entry door prop kit. Build your own prop door for learning and teaching conventional forcible entry using the halligan bar and flat head axe aka the irons.

The whole prop can fit into the back of a pickup truck or van without any problems.