On Thursday evening 5/22/14, the Lake Mohegan Fire District took ownership of our new state of the art multi-force forcible entry door system by Firehouse Innovations Corp. Company owner Mike Perrone delivered this new piece of training equipment and was assisted by Jim Denn in assembling it and training a few of our fire officers to teach our firefighters. Both individuals are very active with the FDNY and are assigned to Ladder Company 175 in Brooklyn, which was the busiest ladder company in NYC for 2013! This training prop came through the generosity of Entergy, who graciously donated $5,000 to the Mohegan Volunteer Fire Association, to be used for such a training tool. This money was received thanks to the efforts of FF Theresa Tippin. The final cost was $6,700, so we only had to pay $1,700 into the fund.
"This patented door system provides the ability to force left or right-handed, opening in or opening out doors, metal or wood jambs all on the same door system. You can even use angle iron on the door to simulate high security apartment doors. This door allows you to use the gapping method and conventional forcible entry methods on opening-in metal jams (like on apartment doors). Hydra-Rams & Rabbit Tools can also be used. Opening-out forcible entry on metal jambs can also be used (like on commercial buildings or bulkhead doors). Also, you can use the spiking method on the wood jamb simulator (like on private dwelling doors). "
We thank Mike and Jim for providing exceptional training skills and knowledge to our officers, which we can now pass on to our members! Please check out Firehouse Innovations Corp link below for more information and forcible entry training.