Captain TJ Underwood from Goldsboro (NC) Fire Department sent in these photos of a recent find on a company inspection. This supplemental lock was found on a department store located in a strip mall. Apparently the store had recently been broken into, so the store owners had a local door company fabricate and install this lock. As you can see from the photo below, the locking mechanism is simply made from galvanized pipe and is designed to pivot into place. Fortunately the presence of the supplemental lock is obvious from the outside due to the visible carriage bolts. Simply cutting into the carriage bolts will defeat the lock, allowing the door to be opened with a simple traditional force to bypass the Mickey Mouse in-handle lock. Plunging the saw straight into the door in an attempt to defeat the supplemental lock will prove to be ineffective due to the distance between the bar and the door, and the limited depth of the blade.
Perhaps a trusty old doggie door cut….
I am gald you were able to share this since you didn’t share it with you own fellow firefighters. I am gald I look at the web-site to see this. It would be nice if this info was shared with you department first
Ahhhh, the good ole communication breakdown, happens in every dept. Great info, thank you.
wow…..
I’m gald, too.
Hopefully fellowfirefighter shared it, instead of just being gald
The other day, I saw a gald eagle.
hahahahahahaha
Reading these comments makes my gald bladder hurt.
So…who’s it gonna be next weekend, New England or Galdimore?
placing your pick end of your halligan above and/or below each carriage bolt and burying the tool at the four bolt locations will weaken the extra device enough to allow conventional forcible entry of an outward swinging door to be performed. stay safe RFB