Teacher Homemade Door Lock Fire Hose

The door to the classroom was not locked but instead a short length of fire hose was slipped over the hydraulic arm that prevents the door from slamming.

Teacher homemade door lock fire hose.

The fire department will keep giving them out to schools in our area. Utilizing the fact that most doors have door closers the training instructed teachers to tie belts or cords around the door closer to secure it. The door closer enables the door to remain open so wheelchairs could come in or also be pulled shut automatically because of the fire code. Grant reed of rural metro fire department showed how to apply the piece of fire hose to a typical door.

I tell the teachers enlist the. In a matter of seconds the safety sleeve can be in place. Stung by a giant hornet. We cut them into 12 inch sections and it would fit all of the closers for the doors harrisonville fire chief eric myler said.

In a matter of seconds the safety sleeve can be in place. When teachers are alerted to a lock down especially if there is an. A fire hose is a strong simple life saving tool. Used fire hose pieces were delivered to graves county high school before classes started to be used as door locks.

Although this makes it easy. Old hose can keep classroom doors from opening. Many doors that do not have hardware that allows teachers to lock it from inside the classroom can be locked by turning a thumb turn or by pushing a button on the door. The lengths of hoses were provided to.

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