CMCB Firefighter II Practice Test 2026 – The Complete All-in-One Guide to Exam Success!

For forcible entry, the tool designed for prying and breaching is the Halligan. Its three-part design—an adze edge for prying, a pick for piercing and levering, and a sturdy bar for leverage—lets you wedge, pry, and pry hinges or locks open with controlled force. This makes it the primary choice when you need to create an entry quickly and efficiently, often working solo or with another tool as needed. The other tools have different primary roles: a sledgehammer provides brute force blows to break through doors or frames, a flathead axe is great for cutting or piercing but isn’t optimized for prying leverage, and a Sawzall is meant for cutting through metal or wood rather than prying open or breaching.