The Firehouse

One of these arrived today:

Yes. It’s a wedge. You can just use your traditional wood edge to chock a door open or shut during search & interior attack, but this thing is pretty cool. For one thing it’s lighter and smaller than a wood one, and secondly, it has various “modes of operation”, such as covering the hinge thus:

You can also jam it at the top of the door. In all, it offers a wide range of possibilities for when wedging the door’s bottom against the floor is impractical (slippery floors anyone?). Here are some dimensioned drawings:

They come in four colors, and cost $7.95 a piece. I have been trying this on a number of doors, for example, outward swinging emergency exits with spaces between the lower door frame and floor, and blocking the hinge is way more effective. Get yours today!