Door #3

Firefighter Chris Johnson from Concord Fire, Engine Co. 1 sent in these photos of yet another unique drop bar installation.  From the outside it has the tell-tale signs like any other drop bar installation. Carriage bolt heads, "blank" in place of a door knob, and covered latch assembly.

From the inside you can notice the addition of four barrel bolt style locks.

Here's where it gets interesting. Due to the depth of the rear wall of the structure a "typical" drop bar would not work. So the business owner had to get a little creative. When asked, management "assured" that the drop bar is removed and locks are disengaged any time ANYBODY is in the store, but we all know how that goes.

Here's a shot of the entire installation.

Engine 1 found this installation during area familiarization, and happened to have a camera with them. Not only did they share these photos with us, they shared them with the rest of the department! Click here to check out the safety memo that was sent to everyone in the department. It contained the photos and full description of this unique installation.

I cannot say enough good things about they way Concord Fire is getting this information out to all the troops. This idea kicks butt!