This might be a dumb question, but forgive my ignorance. How would first responders (police,ems, or fire) enter a gated community if they weren’t provided with an access code or key fob? Is there some universal opener or something?

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  1. Pure speculation: It’s going to depend on state and local law, but I think most mandate that they’re given a code as well as a physical key that unlocks the gate when there’s no electricity. Also they’re allowed to bust through normal doors in emergencies, a gate isn’t different. And most gates aren’t actually hard to ram through.

  4. Yes, this was the case with the gated community my parents lived in.

    They will likely have the means (key/code) to get in. It’s the same ones that the USPS uses to deliver the mail.

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