Mechanical Advantage of the Halligan Bar (Quickie)

[@rupe53]

I did this for years and the FD has some amazing tools that are so simple, yet effective. Many of them haven't changed in 100 years or more.

[@Rescue-mt7fl]

Love your videos. The absolute only critique I have is using the forks bevel to door. While this does provide a minor increase in gap space, it also uses far more work to crawl the tool around the door stop. It also points the forks towards the door jamb. Training doors are quite robust as a matter of requirement. Many door jambs are much less robust. Driving the forks that direction can and will drive the forks into the jamb. No not always, but enough to make it more advantageous to use the fork’s bevel to jamb. It the door doesn’t fail at this point, you’ve generally created enough gap to transition to adz, which has far more strength anyway. Just a minor detail for conversation for some otherwise spot on videos.

[@bobbymaciariello6823]

Where did you get the numbers for the MA (ratios)?

[@HumbleFirefighter]

I explain fully in this video: Mechanical Advantage of the Halligan Bar kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKSzepKAe9OnrJo Hopefully that helps.

[@bobbymaciariello6823]

@@HumbleFirefighter Thanks. Will use this info as a trainer from now on

[@matthewhernandez8759]

With my luck I’d bend my pry tool

[@Turtoooo]

Triangle it's the best way but u need a pri tool that's the down fall too that

[@DontObliteratetheCommenter]

Simple machines be hitting hard.

[@StrangeTimesNear]

If someone has a solid bar through there you're not getting in

[@dd-uj8jx]

Then they should got to plan b then c sure they have one

[@_walruss4033]

you’re watching the fire dept, not the police. they aren’t breaking into intentionally secured doorways, mostly homes in case of emergency. i think that this wooden bar is simulating a door jamb of a normal home, their likely target in case of emergency. and of course, they definitely hve other entry points or other methods of entry in case

[@superherobeatdown]

@@_walruss4033one word thermite

[@degenrolls]

If they have a solid bar they just use a K-12, it’s a diamond plated blade and it cuts through just about anything. These training doors for forced entry are mainly for commercial practice and residential doors that are wooden will usually break before the lock gives, and for places like apartments with metal doors it’s easier to just punch through the drywall.

[@toomnLP]

@@superherobeatdownthe fire department generally puts out fires, it doesn’t start them