MAVERICK BARS Exterior exit door supplemental security bars

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MAVERICK BARSExterior exit door supplemental
security bars
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MAVERICK BARSExterior exit door supplemental
security bars

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• Anne Arundel County Fire Marshal Division
• Code Enforcement Bureau

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• History
• Recently, Best Buys and Circuit City stores
  throughout the east coast have been targeted by
  an organized theft ring.

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• The method of burglary was similar in all
  incidents. The group used hydraulic jacks, rams,
  or mechanical means to force open overhead doors
  and/or steel exterior exit doors.

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• They proceeded directly to pre-determined
  merchandise storage cabinets, forced open and
  removed digital imaging equipment.

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• The estimated time from start to completion was
  always less than ten minutes.
• To date, Best Buys and Circuit City have a
  combined estimated product loss of over
  one-million dollars.
• (Source Best Buys Loss Prevention)

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• Best Buys stores throughout Maryland installed
  Maverick Bars to prevent forced entry of all
  exterior steel exit doors.
• Anne Arundel County Locations
• Box 31-08 6711 Ritchie Highway North
• Box 40-24 2643 Housley Road

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Maverick Bars

• Maverick Bar is the trade name of a
  manufactured security bar device used to restrict
  movement of single and double walkthrough doors.

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• Issue
• The Maryland State and Anne Arundel County Fire
  Prevention Codes prohibit the use of such devices
  on exit doors when the structure is occupied.

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• It has long been this Offices stance that
  devices such as slide bolts, chains, padlocks,
  tie-back bars, keyed deadbolts, etc. are not
  permitted for use regardless of whether the
  building is physically occupied or not.

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• Of great concern is the unreliability of the
  occupants to physically remove or disengage such
  devices when the building is occupied,

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• and a greater concern is for the safety of
  firefighters who may enter the structure for fire
  operations after normal business hours.

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• All You Closet Fire Marshals, Pay Attention
  Now
• The Fire Prevention Code
• Doors shall be arranged to be opened readily from
  the egress side whenever the building is
  occupied. Locks, if provided, shall not require
  the use of a key, a tool, or special knowledge or
  effort for operation from the egress side.
• (NFPA 1 4-1.9.1 101 7.2.1.5.100 ed)

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• A latch or other fastening device on a door shall
  be provided with a releasing device having an
  obvious method of operation and that is readily
  operated under all light conditions. The
  releasing mechanism for any latch shall be
  located not less than 34 (thirty-four) inches,
  and not more than 48 (forty-eight) inches above
  the finished floor. Doors shall be operable with
  not more than one releasing mechanism.
• (NFPA 1 4-1.9.4 101 7.2.1.5.4 00 ed)

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• Where pairs of doors are required in a means of
  egress, each leaf of the pair shall be provided
  with its own releasing device. Devices that
  depend on the release of one door before the
  other shall not be used.
• (NFPA 1 4-1.9.5 101 7.2.1.5.5 00 ed)

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Required pair of exit doors with independent
panic hardware.
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• Devices shall not be installed in connection with
  any door on which panic hardware or fire exit
  hardware is required where such device prevents
  or is intended to prevent the free use of the
  door for purposes of egress.
• (NFPA 1 4-1.9.6 101 7.2.1.5.6 00 ed)

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Keyed deadbolt lock
Panic hardware
Thumb-turn deadbolt lock
Panic hardware
Slide-bolt lock
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Maverick Bars

• What is a Maverick Bar?
• The Maverick Bar is simply two modified pieces of
  steel box tubing and angle iron that, when placed
  into the steel mounting brackets on the door
  frame and door, maintain the door in a closed
  position.

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• Interior view of outward swing exit door.

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• Interior view of outward swing exit door.
• Panic hardware with top and bottom latching
  points.

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• Interior view of outward swing exit door.
• Panic hardware with top and bottom latching
  points.
• Door frame mounting points for top and bottom
  Maverick Bars (two bars per door).

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• Interior view of outward swing exit door.
• Panic hardware with top and bottom latching
  points.
• Door frame mounting points for top and bottom
  Maverick Bars (two bars per door).
• Door mounting points for top and bottom Maverick
  Bars.

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• What makes them unique is the ability to utilize
  set-screws to custom adjust the door and frame
  attachment points based on each individual door
  installation.

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Cheeese!
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• Upon recognition, the bars are easily removed
  from the interior by staff during normal
  operations or by firefighters in emergency
  conditions.

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• But what about the Fire Code?
• After thorough review and recommendations by the
  Maryland State Fire Prevention Commission, the
  Maryland State Fire Marshals Office has entered
  into an agreement with Best Buys to permit use of
  the Maverick Bars within the following
  guidelines

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• If at any time Best Buys fails to perform as
  required, permission will be revoked.
• Any time that the structure is occupied,
  regardless of the number of occupants, the bars
  must be removed from all doors.

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• Bars must be removed from all doors immediately
  upon the first person entering the structure.
• Once removed, the bars must be kept in a secure
  location.

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Bars stored inside locked room.
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• The bars must be individually marked to indicate
  the individual door and top or bottom location.
• Bars are not to be intermingled from door to
  door.
• Note This is because each bar is custom
  adjusted to fit a specific door and specific top
  or bottom location.

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Bar with individual location ID
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• So, what does this mean to me?
• Egress from the interior
• When the store is occupied, the bars should not
  be in-place
• Exiting is unimpeded.

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• Egress from the interior
• When the store is unoccupied and the bars are
  in-place
• Simply lift and remove each bar from its
  mounting bracket and activate the door exit
  hardware.

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• Exterior forced entry techniques
• Ingress through doors with advanced security
  arrangements require properly trained and
  equipped personnel. Without an appropriately
  equipped, well-trained and adequately staffed
  truck or squad company, access through adjacent
  horizontal or vertical openings may be more
  effective and timely.

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• There may be occasions, however, which dictate
  the need to force entry through such doors.
• Examples include a lack of adjacent or
  appropriately located openings or entry points
  the need for a specific, controlled horizontal
  ventilation point or the possibility of civilian
  or firefighter rescue.

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• All you Truckies, wake up and pay attention!
• Personnel may be able to identify doors with
  permanently added security features through
  familiarization and a quick examination of the
  exterior of the door.
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• Note that this door is a steel, outward swinging
  door with case hardened steel hinges.

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• Note that this door is a steel, outward swinging
  door with case hardened steel hinges.
• It lacks the presence of an exterior keyset
  (deadbolt) or a doorknob/handle.

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• Note that a steel plate has been welded over the
  latch side of the door jamb.

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• Note that a steel plate has been welded over the
  latch side of the door jamb.
• Also, note the presence of the four rectangular
  steel braces.

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• Obviously, traditional through-the-lock entry
  techniques cannot be performed on this door
  arrangement.
• Note Best Buys Annapolis has over 15 perimeter
  doors with this arrangement present.

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• Standard methods of entry would be to force the
  door with irons and hydraulic tools or to utilize
  a K-12 circular saw with a metal cutting blade to
  conduct a sideways V cut over the lock
  assembly.
• Both of these methods are inappropriate for doors
  equipped with Maverick Bars.
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• One method of entry, which is both time consuming
  and labor intensive, is to dissect both Maverick
  Bars and the locking panic hardware.

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• Using a K-12 circular saw with metal cutting
  blades, the objective is to cut in half the steel
  carriage bolts.

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• Using a K-12 circular saw with metal cutting
  blades, the objective is to cut in half the steel
  carriage bolts.

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Exterior
Interior
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• The remaining shaft of the bolt must then be
  driven through to the interior, thereby freeing
  the door bracket.

Exterior
Interior
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• Once done, the interior panic lockset must still
  be bypassed or disabled.
• A sideways V cut over the locking assembly
  would then be required to complete access.

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• The quickest, easiest, and recommended method of
  forced entry is as follows
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• Using a K-12 circular saw with a metal cutting
  blade, conduct a horizontal long-triangle cut,
  ensuring that all portions of the doors security
  features are accessible to manually release.

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• Conduct a horizontal long-triangle cut, ensuring
  that all portions of the doors security features
  are accessible to manually release.
• (ie top bar, panic hardware, bottom bar)

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Exterior
Interior
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Once the cut is completed and the door skins are
removed, reach in and 1. Lift up the top bar and
remove, 2. Lift up the bottom bar and remove, 3.
Pull/activate the panic bar.
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• Other alternatives may also include bypassing
  the doors and breaching the CMU exterior wall
  with irons, sledgehammers, and/or K-12 saws
  equipped with masonry blades.

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• Closing
• As of this date, Best Buys is the only
  organization that has entered into agreement with
  the State and County
• Fire Marshals Offices.
• As such, Best Buys are the only facilities in
  Anne Arundel County permitted to use this
  supplemental locking arrangement.  

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• Closing
• Although the devices are very simple in nature
  and operation, it is strongly recommended that
  companies, including those that may be called to
  conduct firefighter rapid intervention
  operations, make field visits to the respective
  facilities to further their familiarization with
  these unique locking arrangements.

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• If there are any further questions or concerns,
• please feel free to contact the following
• Code Enforcement Supervisors
• at
• 410-222-7884
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• In-Service Inspection Program
• FM-30 Lt. Francis X. Fennell, CFPS
• Northern Division / Battalions 1 and 4
• FM-10 Lt. Brian P. Mayers, CFPS
• Southern Division / Battalions 2 and 3
• FM-20 Lt. Michael Tewey

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• Anne Arundel County Fire Department
• Fire Marshal Division Code Enforcement Bureau
• Division Chief Frank A. Stokes, III, CFPS, CFEI
• Battalion Chief Martin P. Pardoe, CFPS
• Program Created by
• Lieutenant Brian P. Mayers, CFPS
• Special Thanks to
• Tower Ladder 40 C shift
• Captain Timothy Mikules, Firefighter III Joseph
  Holland, and Firefighter III Timothy Leonard

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• Anne Arundel County Fire Department
• Fire Marshal Division Code Enforcement Bureau
• 2660 Riva Road
• Suite 290
• Annapolis, Maryland 21401
• 410-222-7884
• Fax [phone]
• TTD 410-222-8774

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• The end. Go home!

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