What are the two materials axe handles are usually made of?
1. Wood 2. Fiberglass
What is the advantage of the flat head axe over the pick head axe?
A striking side.
What type of blades for rotary saws are less prone to dulling with heavy use?
Carbide Tipped blades
Name 8 prying tools.
1. Crowbar 2. Halligan 3. Pry bar 4. Hux bar 5. Claw tool 6. Kelly tool 7. Pry axe 8. Flat bar
Name 7 pushing/pulling tools.
1. Standard Pike Pole 2. Clemens hook 3. Plaster hook 4. Drywall hook 5. San Francisco hook 6. Multipurpose hook 7. Roofman's hook
What is the primary advantage of pushing/pulling tools?
These tools give the firefighter reach so he can stay away from a hazard like broken glass.
Name 9 striking tools.
1. Sledgehammer 2. Maul 3. Battering ram 4. Pick 5. Flat head axe 6. Mallet 7. Hammer 8. Punch 9. Chisel
If a firefighter cannot get the leverage he or she needs with a tool, is it OK to use a cheater bar?
No
How should blades be stored?
In a clean, dry environment for free of hydrocarbon fumes (such as gasoline).
What should you inspect a wood handle for?
Cracks, Blisters, Splinters
What can you do to the handle of a wooden tool to minimize injuries?
Sand it.
What can you wash a wooden tool handle with?
Mild detergent, warm water
What type of oil can you apply to a wooden handle to prevent roughness and warping?
Boiled Linseed oil
What should you check for when inspecting the location where the head of the tool meets the handle?
Tightness
How should you sharpen a handle tool?
With a file, grinding weakens the tool.
What should you inspect a cutting edge for?
Nicks, tears or metal spurs.
How can you stop a tool from rusting?
Oil it lightly with machine oil
What should a firefighter look for in a door size-up?
How the door functions, how it is constructed, how it is locked.
What are the 4 ways a door could function?
1. Swinging 2. Sliding 3. Revolving 4. Overhead
What is the first thing you should do to a door before attempting entry?
Try Before You Pry
What are the three types of wood swinging doors?
1. Panel 2. Slab 3. Ledge
What are the two ways a door jamb is constructed?
1. Stopper Jamb 2. Rabbeted Jamb, door
How are panel doors made?
Wood panel doors are made of solid wood members inset with panels.
What are three types of ledge doors?
1. Frame and ledge 2. Ledge 3. Frame and brace
What are the three types of metal doors?
1. Hollow metal 2. Metal Covered 3. Tubular
What are the three ways a revolving door can collapse?
1. Panic proof 2. Drop arm 3. Metal braced
What are the three classifications of overhead doors?
1. Sectional 2. Rolling steel 3. Slab
What are five types of fire doors?
1. Horizontal sliding 2. Vertical sliding 3. Single swinging 4. Double swinging 5. Overhead rolling
What are the two standard means by which a fire door operates?
1. Self closing 2. Automatic closing
What should firefighters always do after gaining entry to a fire door?
Block it open to prevent being trapped or cutting off a hose line.
What are the 4 basic types of locks?
1. Mortise lock 2. Bored(cylindrical) lock 3. rim lock 4. padlock
What is one type of bored lock?
Key in Knob lock
What are the two types of padlocks?
1. Regular 2. Heavy Duty
What is conventional forcible entry?
The use of standard fire department tools to open doors and windows to gain access.
What is the best combination of tools for a large variety of forcible entries?
The halligan and the 8-lb flat head axe (set of irons)
Where should the glass be broken in a tempered glass door?
Bottom corner
What are 4 tools used for through the lock forcible entry?
1. K-tool 2. A-tool 3. J-tool 4. Shove knife
Where should wire fences be cut to gain entrance?
Near the posts
What are some basic window types?
Double-hung(Checkrail), Hinged(casement), Projected(factory), awning, jalousie, high security
What are the most difficult windows to force?
Awning or jalousie windows.
How much stronger is Lexan than safety glass?
250 times
How much stronger is Lexan than acrylic?
30 times
What is it called when you force entry through a wall?
Breaching
What are the two basic types of floor construction?
1. Wood 2. Concrete
Forcible entry tools are divided into what four main categories?
- cutting - prying - pushing/pulling - striking
Two basic types of axe?
pick head and flat head
What is one of the effiecient of the manually operated prying tools?
rambar
Three things to check with fiber glass handled tools.
- damages or cracks - tightness of the tool head - wash the handle with mild detergent, rinse and dry
Three kinds of wooden swinging doors?
panel, slab and ledge
What are panel doors?
made of solid wooden members inset with panels of differing materials such as plastic or plexiglass
Slab doors are either
solid or hollow core
What kind of doors are found in warehouses, storerooms, barns and sheds.
ledge or batten doors and usually use some kind of surface lock
metal swinging doors are classified as either?
hollow, metal clad, and tubular
what are the three types of mechanisms used to lock revolving doors open?
-panic proof -drop arm -metal braced
Panic Proof type?
release mechanism is triggered by forces pushing opposite directions on the panels
drop arm type?
has a solid arm passing through one of the panels. a pawl is located on the panel through which the arms passes. to collapse the syste press the pawl to sisengage the arm and push the panel parallel with the next one.
Metal braced type?
resembles a gate hook and eye assembly. To release, lift the hook and fasten it back against the fixed panel. hooks are located on both sides of the panel. Generally the pivots are cast iron and easily broken applying force to the panel at the pivot point
Overhead doors are classified as?
sectional, tilt-slab, roll-up, and telescoping.
Forcing entry through overhead doors
Use a rotary saw to cut a square or rectangular opening about 6ft high and as wide as the door
Types of fire doors?
- horizontal and vertical sliding - single and double swinging doors - overhead rolling
Two standard means by which fire doors operate?
manual closing and automatic closing
where are self closing swinging fire doors usually installed?
stairway enclosures and other areas where they must be opened and closed frequently.
Automatic closing swinging fire doors are usually installed in?
hallways, corridors and other high traffic areas.
What is a mortise lock?
designed to fit into a cavity in the door. Usually consists or a latch mechanism and an opening device.
Common example of the bored lock?
key in knob lock
One of the most common locks in place today
the rim lock
Two basic types of padlocks?
standard and heavy duty
forcible entry of a door is possible alone with what tool?
rambar
Tempered plate glass doors?
to break through strike at the bottom corner, some FD will place a salvage over the glass to protect against injury
doors with drop bars
pry open the door enough to get a narrow tool in there such as the blade of the chainsaw to lift the drop bar out of the stirrups
What is a K tool?
Attached to the halligan and is forced behing the ring and face of the cylinder until the wedging blades bite into the cylinder. Following removal a key tool can be used to unlock the door.
What is an A tool?
works similarly to the K tool but can cause more damage. not attached to another tool and is struck directly.
WHat is the J tool
made of rigid heavy guage wire and designed to fit through the space between double swinging doors equipped with panic hardware.
Shove knife?
can provide access to outward swinging latch-type doors.
when cutting chain link fences cut where?
near the post as possible
jalousie windows consist of panes how high?
4
awing windows consist of panes how high?
1ft
Lexan windows are how much stronger?
250 times more than safety glass and 30 times more than acrylic.
Two ways through lexan windows are?
- using a rotary saw with a carbide tipped, medium toothed blade (40 teeth
what is a battering ram?
large metal pipe with handles and a blunt end used to break down doors or create holes in a wall
what kind of tools should be used to breach a masonry wall?
battering ram, rotary saw and electric/pneumatic jackhammers.
when cutting a metal wall the opening should be?
at least 6ft tall and as wide as needed.
wooden floor joists can be spaced?
12-24" apart depending on the distance and the dimensions of the lumber
wooden I-Beams are generally spaced?
24" apart regardless of the span