The Original Pocket Panic Hook

The pocket-sized through-the-door tool that defeats panic hardware in seconds.

The Original Pocket Panic Hook from Job Town Tools is the small, purpose-built forcible entry tool engineered for one of the most common commercial door problems first responders face: panic hardware. Schools, office buildings, retail spaces, houses of worship, warehouses, and public venues are full of doors equipped with panic bars, expanded steel cages over those bars, and double-door panic hardware. The Pocket Panic Hook is built to defeat all of them.

Made in the USA from stainless steel, this tool slips into a pocket and stays out of the way until you need it. When you do, it gets you through the door without a halligan, without an axe, and without the noise or damage of conventional forcible entry.

Built for the doors you actually encounter

The Pocket Panic Hook works on:

• Double panic hardware doors — common on school gymnasiums, auditoriums, and large commercial entries
• Expanded steel panic hardware doors — the cage-protected panic bars found on retail back-of-house and warehouse doors
• Standard panic hardware doors — single-door panic bars across virtually every commercial, institutional, and public assembly building
• A variety of other commercial and institutional doors

If you've ever stood outside a panic-hardware door wondering whether to wait for the truck or try to make entry through a window, this is the tool that solves the problem.

Who carries it

• First-arriving police and SWAT for active threat response, welfare checks, and breach operations
• Fire suppression and EMS crews for entry on alarm activations, medical calls, and locked-out occupants
• School resource officers and campus safety teams working buildings full of panic hardware
• Investigators, fire marshals, and inspectors who need access without summoning the rig

Built right

• Stainless steel construction for corrosion resistance and durability
• Made in the USA
• Compact pocket-carry profile
• For first responder use only

Pairs naturally with

• Onyx FiberPRO Wedge for tight-gap door control
• FirePik for through-the-lock work on commercial cylinders
• Firefighter Swipe Tool for inward and outward opening doors without panic hardware
• DoorJamm for door control after entry