Portsmouth Firefighters Train To Enter Locked Buildings [VIDEO]

Portsmouth firefighters received training in forcible entry Tuesday at the . 

Members learned techniques, such as "gapping" and conventional forcible entry, for what to do when they encounter a locked door or other entryway during a fire. 

"What we're doing today is called forcible entry training," said Capt. Michael O'Brien. "When we go to a structure fire, a lot of the times the doors are locked and if we're preforming a rescue, we have to break the door to get in."

A representative of On Scene Firefighter Training, a Westport, MA, company, provided the training. Photos from the training can be seen above.