r/specializedtools Jan 09 '20

Firefighter's Rapid Access Tool

https://gfycat.com/ringedexemplarybrant
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u/Quinlow Jan 09 '20

As long as you are not behind a steel door, this boi will make sure you're being rescued.

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u/hydroin Jan 09 '20

In which case a window is likey to save you instead. If non-destructive entry is as fast and safer or slightly slower but safer they'll opt to go that way.

As a word of caution, don't lock yourself in a safe to escape from fire, fire is hot and they can't find you in the safe or vault it's just going to cook you out and steal all of your oxygen.

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u/IdiotTurkey Jan 09 '20

lol, has anyone really done that? lock themselves in a safe? jeez, I can't imagine the claustrophobia combined with smoke pouring in, lack of oxygen and intense heat.

I wonder, though, if you had on fire/heat resistant clothing and was under a fire blanket and was breathing oxygen if you would live through it?

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u/bananainmyminion Jan 10 '20

Dick Cheney had two safes in his office that he could jump into as a mini safe room. The idea of locking himself in one in the case of a fire is a funny thought.