Picture a scenario firefighters see on a regular basis: your home is on fire, you're trapped with nowhere to go and the only way firefighters can get to you is through your front door. But your door is locked and time is running out.
"We know fires double in size every 90 seconds,” said Jay Wilkins Fire District 8's Division Chief of Training. “So the faster we get through the door the faster we can extinguish the fire the faster we can get the victims."
Which is why Wilkins says the district's brand new forcible entry training tool is critical.
"Not every door is locked, but a lot of them are and so the whole principle behind this door is that we would be able to reach a door, breach it quickly, reach a victim quickly, or reach the fire quickly,” Wilkins said.