High-security padlocks have been in existence since the early 1900s and have been presenting firefighters with forcible entry challenges for more than 100 years. Long before power tools became readily ...

Review all things forcible entry with these articles from our FireRescue Magazine and FirefighterNation contributors. Today we look at the lock breaker with Paul DeBartolomeo. “High-security padlocks ...

Forcible entry has become a serious problem for the fire service all over the country. In some high crime areas we see tougher and tougher entry situations with locking systems that try to stay one ...

There are several significant tasks that must be done within the first few minutes after the fire department arrives on the scene of a working structure fire. One of these tasks includes forcible ...