[Firefighting Fun] American Fire "Keys"

“ Enough complaint , kiddo . You are gotta know you are not alone in the world for these shits like lockout runs! ” ( Do not complain, brother. You must know that the world is not the only one who is busy picking the keys !)

A distant colleague complained in front of the author half a year ago. At that time, the author was surprised. In the past few years in the squadron's work, it has been thought that only we have experienced such things as "taking the key" and "taking the wasp." It turns out that American counterparts on the other side of the ocean are experiencing the same "business" every day .

The daily policemen of the US fire squadron are a large part of medical accidents (the United States's alarm call is " 911 ", in which after the commander receives the alarm, it carries out three-way monitoring, police, hospitals, and fire fighting, adjusting the amount of power as the case may be. Because the US fire department there are specialized medical team, firefighters must also be a doctor qualification examination. Therefore, the fire is also responsible for the disposal of medical malpractice). With the expansion of policing work in the United States, the increase in the number of non-case incidents calling for help has given the police a headache (the American police are most afraid of “complaints” ) , so the state governments have to resort to the fire brigade. The fire department has also begun to "have a busy schedule." For example, "key-picking" that makes everyone feel the headache in the country is also a headache for American fire protection work.

At first, the U.S. fire brigade was not responsible for "keying." History "to take key" have traced to the beginning of the last century, 70 years on behalf of, the United States contradiction, the crime rate remains high, coupled with external wars, ethnic conflicts, drugs, proliferation of firearms, and the Cold War mentality, so that the American people Safety awareness becomes a more concerned topic than stocks. All military factories have seized the opportunity to push new types of security doors ( windows ) to the civilian building materials market. The special steel used for military security during the Second World War was widely used for the production of civilian safety protection products. While the security protection has been strengthened, accidents involving suffocation and death of trapped people in the house have also occurred due to delays in the time taken by the fire brigade in the process of fire rescue. As a result, many fire-fighting experts began to make substantial improvements and invent new types of demolition equipment for these problems ( the first appearance of hydraulic rescue tools in the world ) . But the so-called "magic high, a high degree of ten feet, how sharp spears, there are thick shields." In order to “win the trust of consumers” and cope with “increasing gun proliferation” , major security equipment manufacturers have developed more aggressive security doors. 80 years of the early generations, special manganese steel (T72 main battle tank armor material) as a material security door for the first time on stage. In the 1990s, "ceramic tungsten wire composite panels" (MIAI main battle tank armored materials ) made its debut as raw materials for various government agencies, key units, and banks. In front of these "special security doors", various types of hydraulic rescue tools of the fire department instantly became "children's toys." Some manufacturers even claimed in advertising that there are only two methods to open the security doors produced by the company: one is to use keys, and the other is to use blasting methods; there were firefighters who rescued a heart patient because of "breaking does not open the door." And had to use the ladder to enter the dog bite from the window.

Given the endless surging river appears as if the new security door of the Yellow River flood and out of control fire situation, the Government had introduced policies designed to limit the major manufacturers of security doors, security doors and division level (security door security The first occurrence of the grade ) stipulates what applies to military use, which applies to banks, warehouses, and other key units and what applies to civilian use. In this way, in the field of civil security doors, various fire fighting and dismantling technologies have become a mandatory training program for firefighter training in the United States and Canada ( " Firebreaking and Dismantling Technology", the first occurrence of " Forcible Entry " ) . However, no matter how the demolition technology develops and how the demolition tools are reformed, the “difficulty of demolition” is always more and more serious. In many cases, firefighters have to open “skylights” on burning houses to avoid strong security doors. In response to these difficulties, the "convenience box" appeared.

In the United States, ordinary fire squadrons are generally two captains and deputy commanders. Among them, a squadron leader is responsible for keeping a very special "key" (the police will register ) . This key can only open one box, and this box contains the keys to all registered residential houses in the squadron's area. That is, if you get all the keys in this box, you can open the home door of any registered resident ( except unregistered ) in the squadron's area ! Of course, every time you use this box, the police information database will recording. Then, this box is the “convenience box” that the author will introduce to you next.

The so-called "convenience box", its English name should be translated as "lock box" (Lock Box), but here I will translate it as "convenience box" for a better understanding of it in the fire fighting and rescue and "pick up the keys." Convenience. After the fire broke out, the squadron leader on duty ( if the deputy squadron leader was on duty, he would receive the key of the “convenience box” from the squadron leader when the shift was on shift, and proceed with the handover registration, and the information would be automatically recorded in the police database. The team will carry the key of the resident ( residential house ) to the door. If no one is inside the house ( ie, if the passer-by call the police ) , the door will be opened with the key if the room is heated. If the door is heated and deformed, it will be violently demolished. If there is a resident alarm If the key is to be obtained, the police will verify the identity of the resident and collect the key directly from the person to the fire brigade. After the door is opened, the key will be returned. This is a typical "American key-picking" method. Of course, if some residents are not After registering with the fire brigade and forgetting the key or losing it at home, it requires professional companies ( similar to a domestic lock-out company ) to pay for services and spend some money on them.

Of course, in some states in the United States , "key-picking" also lets professional companies take responsibility and does not allow firefighting to participate unless an emergency occurs. In other states, the fire brigade has a wide range of convenience services. It not only participates in “key collection” but also participates in other convenience work such as salvaging animals that fall into water, cats hanging on trees, etc., but it will not be charged.

Here, by the way, the “business” of taking Ma cellular is prohibited , which is forbidden in any fire department in the United States. Because there is a specialized profession in the United States, it has a longer history than the fire brigade and is called the Bug Terminator . Their job is to remove foreign insects ( such as wasps, crickets, bugs, etc. ) and animals ( such as mice, snakes, sparrows, crocodiles, etc. ) that customers think are inappropriate . Their employees often drive pick-up trucks, carry various types of anesthetic drugs, insect poisons, power grid guns, linen pockets and other tools into residential buildings to clean up insects. At times, large animals, such as crocodile and water snakes in the residents’ swimming pools, are encircled, packed in carts and sent to the zoo. In this way, on the one hand, the wages can be received from the residents and the zoo can receive additional money. Due to the importance the U.S. government attaches to the ecological environment, various types of animals are rapidly proliferating and often visit guest houses. The business of such companies is therefore extremely busy and the business is particularly hot.

In general, in the United States, 911 calls are ringing almost every second, and all kinds of non-fire and rescue accidents account for most of the alarms. The experience of others in disposing of some non-fire-fighting services is worthy of our thinking and learning.

The information in this article comes from the Internet and was reorganized and edited by China Rescue Equipment Network.