Training Minutes: Avoiding Injury When Forcing Entry

In this Training Minutes video, John Buckheit and Mike Perrone share some tips on avoiding injury and developing good technique for forcible entry operations.

These videos are for training demonstration purposes only. When you perform these techniques at emergency scenes and evolutions, be sure to wear full PPE and adhere to your agency’s procedures and policies. This video originally ran on the Fire Engineering site in 2010.

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