Caleb Freeman from Redmond (WA) 16 Truck sent in these photos of something he and the 16 Truck crew use for training the rookies. From the outside the door looks like a standard double door, that should not pose too much trouble for the outside team.
From the inside the door looks quite different. One of the doors was framed over making it appear (from the inside) to only be a single door. It may cause some interesting and confusing radio traffic between the inside and outside teams. Similarly unique situations like this exist in almost all of our areas, and serve as great teaching points. Take the time to go over, review, and quiz each other on this “unique situations†and train on how to defeat them.
14 thoughts on “Single & Double Door”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Could you donkey kick the fire extinguisher?
I have seen a similar installation on the front of a residence. The one I saw was original construction, even, and looked pretty sturdy. You’d spend some time trying to cut through the wrong door.
No, but you could break the top of the extinguisher off and throw it at the door. It will blow up and open the door. I did that once in this big chemical fire factory. See me and my brother Steven found out a guy on our crew were lighting fires because this task force was closing firehouses, anyway, it was a big mess.
Sorry, several grammatical errors. Really need to start proof-reading.
I told Timmy to check that door for heat…
Nothing to do but watch movies here at the Holiday Inn Express…other than brush up on my meter pulling.
I know, Nate999, and now…he doesnt have a face.
At least the building owner placed a broom next to the door so we could have the probie clean up the mess once that extinguisher went off.
OK,OK how about
Schmidt: Yeah, it’s jumping floors, Lieutenant!
Lt. Steven McCaffrey: Well, where’s the second-in companies, huh?
Schmidt: Sorry, man, John Wayne time. You’re on your own, boss.
GOOD TIMES !!!!
And a REAL MAN could make that BIT%H a double door without breaking a sweat!!
How about and I have used this one:
[In high rise elevator]
Tim Kizminski: How are we supposed to know if the floor is on fire in one of these?
Lt. Steven McCaffrey: When the doors open, if it’s hot, don’t get out.
… So you donkey kicked out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline? Was that BEFORE OR AFTER you noticed you were standing in a lake of GASOLINE, YOU IDIOT? And was it before or AFTER you put on your latex gloves and pulled the meter?
Touche
Nice !!!!
I know full well how true this hazard can be. I remember a time during one of my last days in recruit school, our class listened to a fire response go out in the morning, and one of the Brothers got trapped behind a wall that from the outside looked like a door to the truck crew. The communication was stressful because the trapped Brother had no way of telling that the wall he was on was actually a framed over door. Luckily, our truck crew just cut one hell of a hole to get him out!! It’s one of those learning experiences everyone in our class at the time should always be aware of now. I applaud you for using this as a training tool for your department.