Metal Wedge for Forcible Entry

In this Training Minutes video, Paul DeBartolomeo and company share a tip on using a metal wedge to create a better angle for a lone firefighters attempting conventional forcible entry on an outward-opening door. #5493278465001

[@Hrledood911]

Like any technique there's lots of ways to force an outward swinging. This is one. Not my preferred method but close. I am a tall firefighter and I can leverage the Halligan enough with one arm and I am able to swing the are to drive the adz end in and around the door. I can see this technique a solid choice for a smaller firefighter. Of course, this is a one firefighter technique.

[@gigla3]

Brilliant

[@atmbob78]

Why not just drive the wedge into the door and create your purchase point and slip the adz in that way…

[@blucat88]

He should have let that poor guy catch his breath before they started filming again. Lol

[@Deerector]

What’s this guy a jeweler?

[@Deerector]

Problem with teaching this, is you’re not telling people that the OV will not have an ax with him in the rear of a taxpayer. 95% gonna have a saw, 5% will have a maul. So this method works 5% of the time. Nothing wrong with teaching it as it’s a decent technique, but you gotta include all the facts.