Opening Closed Doors
Presumably lifeless person in an apartment. A common situation in everyday firefighting operations. The first step is to try to open the door without causing major damage to the door and frame. With the right tools, this can often be done quickly and reliably.
Room doors or front doors are often single rebate doors. Security doors or fire doors are more frequently installed as double rebate doors. Door opening tools such as door latch opening cards, door latch scrapers, door latch sliders, panic strikes or opening pins are used for this opening technique. For some doors, it may be necessary to slightly enlarge the working gap between the door and frame using appropriate accessories. With this opening technique, the opening tools are inserted between the door leaf and frame in order to unlock the door via the door latch.