SPOTLIGHT INVESTIGATIVE “If you’ve taken a codes class, you know that you are never llowed to drill to a fire labeled or unless it’s in ccordance with FPA 80 and/or Never a Dull Moment in Investigative Locksmithing Tom Demont discusses a few recent strange cases he’s worked on. T 14 his month ends the first half of the year! Where has the time gone? I know from talking to other forensic locksmiths around the globe that they’re all busy with cases of all varieties. I’ve had a number of strange cases over the past year, such as the case of who opened the padlock and stole $21,00 in material from the storage locker. Or the Securitron armature plate bracke that was improperly glued to the glass door and caused a woman severe brain damage. How about the guy who got mesothelioma cancer from cutting a fire door in half Is that possible? Will the facts support the claim? I have been warning for years abou wood labeled fire doors built between 1940 and 1963 — the primary compound used for fire-proofing those doors was asbestos, so always use a respirator when illegally drilling a fire labeled wood door. KEYNOTES JUNE 2016 under label service conditions.” What a minute, did you say illegal- ly drilling a fire labeled wood door? If you’ve taken a codes class, you know that you are never allowed to drill into a fire labeled door unless it’s in accordance with NFPA 80 and/or under label ser- vice conditions. But, even then, use a very good respirator on all fire labeled doors to be on the safe side. We don’t have enough good locksmiths now, and we don’t want to lose one to cancer! I’d love to tell you how things went at SAFETECH in Lexington, but you’ll need to wait for my comments in the July issue because I’m writing this page in April. If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact me at [email protected]. om Resciniti Demont, HC, CAI, CFDI, CFL, MIL, CML, CMST, ICML, DI, LSFDI, ARLPresi- ent, International Asso- ation of Investigative [email protected] WWW.ALOA.ORG
