Fire Hose Door Security

Salem county chief fire instructor leroy pierce demonstrates how a repurposed piece of fire hose can be used to protect students and staff in a classroom.

Fire hose door security.

Tiffany parker keeps a 6 inch piece of fire hose near the top of her classroom door hanging by a magnet the tonganoxie kindergarten teacher says she can use it within seconds in the case of an. The department created safety sleeves using old hoses. Borrowing from an initiative first developed out west utilizing decommissioned used fire hoses this method of using small 12 inch sections of fire hose to secure school classroom doors will be utilized as one last effort to provide an additional layer of effective security in providing safety to students during a critical incident such as an. A fire hose is a strong simple life saving tool.

Fire hose safety sleeves could keep doors closed in a school shooting october 4 2018 8 15 pm frank healy for review news top stories the hannibal fire department is teaming up with the hannibal public school district to keep your kids safer if a school shooting were to happen. 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. Rural metro is sharing these security sleeves with the tanque verde school district and. A new proposal in columbia county would help keep school doors closed during a lockdown and it involves using part of a fire hose.

Larrick said he hopes this is a step that continues to build partnerships between the. Each fire hose is about 50 feet long larrick said and each door needs between 4 and 6 inches of hose.