I just wanted to see how others felt about entry through garage doors. A lot of what I see demonstrated online or at different classes seem to teach that garage doors are a great way to enter burning homes. As a FT FF/PM that installs and services garage door on the days off, I can not disagree more. While it does have it's uses, it seems that most of the time you can save more house and firefighters by going in a different route and using the garage door as a venting source if need be. My biggest hang-up with garage doors as main entry points is that propped or not, you have placed a large steel wall above your head. You cannot check the attic above you and good luck if the rafters the back of the door is attached to burn up.
Please feel free to share your views. Maybe I'm missing something!!
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