Jonathan Richardson from Spring Lake (NC) sent in these photos of a door found while crews were out doing aerial placement training. The door obviously has some homemade additional security, but it’s not nearly as formidable as it originally appears. When ever faced with a homemade additional security measures, simply take the time to identify how it is secured. It’s important to not only identify what is securing the door, but also to identify the weakest link. Yes, there are four chains with padlocks securing the gate, but in this particular case, there is a easier option. Look again, those hinges are barely held on. Sure a saw would defeat this without issue, but in this case, a set of irons would also do the trick. Simply attacking the right side hinges (since there are only two) would be the quickest option. Anyone who has trained (or better yet, practiced to perfection) with the irons would be able to pry those hinges off the building in no time.
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just take the forks and twist! or if its a bit sturdier just take the adz and force those mickey mouse screws out of the masonry, voila!
Delta Kilo.
donkey kick !!! Haaaaaaaaaaaaa
But on a serious note,, partner saw to the single hinge side and swing it open or pray DEMAN is on the job 😉 it is way too friggan hot to do any thing more work then what is needed stay safe brothers ….
I would just use a saw and cut the single hinge then swing the whole mess out of the way…chances are, if this building is secured in that manner, the whole neighborhood is and the partner saw is a first grab tool for the OVM.
But yes, a Donkey kick could work just as well…lol.
Why would you donkey kick an outward swinging door or gate? Any door that is fortified and especially heavilly fortified……. use your tools. That is why we carry them.
excellent point mansfield. This is why I carry webbing. Tie one end to the grate and tie the other to my ankle then do a reverse donkey kick and pull the whole thing off of the wall.
Mansfield you are right. Donkey kick would only give you a sore leg. Break out the JET AXE!!
The outside door does not seem it would be much of a problem. It appears to be overlapping with a couple of light chains holding it closed. Bolt cutters would work, if an abrasive saw is not handy.
The bigger question would be what type of door is behind the “security gate”? That maybe more problematic.
There is NOTHING a donkey kick can defeat! NOTHING!
Hey firemanz, dont forget it will take an extra second or two to remove the webbing from the nitrile ems glove. this shouldnt matter though because while your fumbling with that, the other engine co can be pulling the meter. Hey mansfield, welcome to the site. With all due respect, its obvious that your new. The “Donkey Kick” is a running joke that is the cure all to ANYTHING!
DMAN and brickcity – y’all should start a band and call it “Donkey Kick Murphys.” You guys are a riot. Thanks for the great site and constant educational updates – this has got to be the best site on the web to promote being masters of our craft. Stay safe.
What does a guy have to do to be taken seriously on this site???
i once saw two of my friends stand back to back and donkey kick each other…both were immediately vaporized and it created a tear in the fabric of time….never….EVER…underestimate the power of a donkey kick. Or the smarts it takes to realize a joke in a post.
DontBe…
You lie.
Chuck Norris is the only one with the ability to change the space time continuium. He has no friends. Only people he hasn’t killed yet.
Though we all know, a Chuck Norris Roundhouse kick would shatter this puny attempt at securing the building.
But it would also shatter the building!
Dman,, I think we are screwed in being taken serious but that is ok right!!!
19piper, I would never EVER try to compete with the drop kick Murphy’s they friggan rock all day!!!!!! Come join Fighting 45,, I have a show every Monday night and guest appearances when the tones drop ;-)… Dman hit me back with the NJ thing we have a bar that has a order of two lbs of wings and the beer is very cold 😉
Prior to prying, strike the heads of the bolts first. It loosens, or completely destroys, the bite the lag shields have in the masonry. Did this once and the whole window grate nearly fell on me without even prying.