Firefighter Door Wedge

Making a door stop out of a scrap bit of mahogany i found in a skip.

Firefighter door wedge.

With the 8 wedge firefighters and first responders gain an edge in the first crucial moments of a fire. It works as a spanner wrench a simple door chock a bail out anchor point a fulcrum a gap set force assist and a wedge. Developed both in the classroom and on the fire ground the aluminum 8 wedge has evolved into a crucial life saving piece of gear. Firefighter door wedge door chock warthog hinge hook durable handy versatile keeps almost any door open won t kick out pack of 3 3 5 out of 5 stars 5 36 95 36.

8 wedge forcible entry tool. The firefighter developed tool will assist firefighters during interior search and rescue operations. The wooden door wedge or chock as it is commonly labeled is one of the simplest and most effective tools we as firefighters can carry. They are cheap easy to make at the fire house and versatile.

Once firefighters reach the fire floor the door from the stairwell needs to be wedged that s the third wedge. Because the incident commander ic will send units to the floor above for searches and exposure protection that stairwell door needs to be wedged and if there was a fire door in. Firefighter invents door wedge marker. Hooks fire department axes shovels brooms rakes rescue tools forcible entry tools wildland tools spanner and hydrant wrenches door chocks wedges firefighter hand tools seatbelt cutters edged tools multi tools window punches lockout tools hammers mallets bolt cable cutters saws and power tools tire deflators.

Door chocks wedges. Then the door to the fire room takes a fourth wedge.