3:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. The focus is on the most common residential and commercial locks and the numerous options to defeat them whether on EMS calls, service calls, or the fireground. Methods, tools, ...

Lockin announced the V7 Max mortise-style entry lock/handle at CES today. There have many several smart locks with solar ...

Technology advancements have affected home products tremendously through the years, but one of the least obvious may be your entry door locks. When deciding to do some upgrades, most of us don’t think ...

A significant number of security dealers have recognized the value of selling and installing smart electronic locks. There are not only revenue opportunities from the locks themselves, but potential ...

Maintaining a truly smart home takes more than simply connecting to a digital assistant and a voice-activated speaker. Smart locks—or smart deadbolts, more accurately—streamline your daily routine and ...

Smart locks that supplement or replace your front door deadbolt do much more than lock and unlock your door without a key. Most smart locks (and all of the locks on our top picks list) let you receive ...

Trolling the Internet looking at different fire service websites and YouTube videos, I often come across training on through-the-lock forcible entry. Instead of using our heavy-duty tools like our ...

Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy, but as much as we’d like to, we can’t try everything. Which is why we have People’s Choice, in ...

Do you struggle to remember if the door is locked? Are the keys are completely lost? With features like remote entry access, app-controlled unlock/lock, and security sensors, these smart locks provide ...

At CES 2026, Xthings is reshaping the smart home: moving from “smart locks” to a unified, intuitive experience, where technology works naturally, without ...

There are several significant tasks that must be done within the first few minutes after the fire department arrives on the scene of a working structure fire. One of these tasks includes forcible ...