Originally Posted By: Phaedrus
This is just anecdotal evidence, but I've also heard of firefighters have extreme difficulty defeating barred windows, etc. in attempting to perform rescues. Speaking as the son of a contractor I know there's a wide range of construction techniques. Some doors can be pulled out of the frame quite easily while others are very robust.


And when all else fails, go through the drywall. Kind of like that scene in "Swat" where the pull the entire wall out with a tow truck.