Is it illegal to wedge open a fire door? It is dangerous to wedge, or prop open a fire door as the safety of occupants cannot be guaranteed if there is a fire. Fire doors need to be closed to prevent the spread of fire and smoke. Legally, if you wedge open a fire door […]
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Did you know that closing your fire door at night could be the difference between life and death? The Fire Door Safety Week 2019 campaign focuses on the critical role of fire doors for keeping people safe in sleeping accommodation. This could be anything from HMO’s (House in Multiple Occupancy), care homes and hotels. Whilst […]
Fire Doors and all passive fire protection products play a unique role in the fire safety of a building by containing a fire to a single compartment of a building and therefore reducing the risk to those in other compartments. Properly maintained fire doors should be a part of the fire safety plan for every […]
An FDIS survey conducted in 2015 found that many fire doors across the UK suffer from severe defects: 61% of doors had problems with fire or smoke seals, while almost 1 in 6 had significant damage to the door leaf. Fire doors are in almost every building where we work, live and sleep and they […]
A fire door is made up of a combination of materials comprising of a doorframe, door leaves, hardware, seals, and any glazing that when closed is intended to resist the passage of fire and smoke in accordance with specified performance criteria. The diagram on this page is an overview of the anatomy of a fire […]
Regulation 38 is a requirement under the Building Regulations for England and Wales to provide fire safety information to the ’responsible person’ at the completion of a project, or when the building or extension is first occupied. It links the Building Regulations to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (known as the RRO or […]
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 is the biggest single reform of fire safety laws in over 30 years. It simplifies the law for businesses and places a greater focus on prevention. The law, which came into force on 1st October 2006, consolidates existing fire safety laws, which were scattered across more than 70 pieces of legislation. It also places […]
NEWS 26/11/18 BY PETER APPS Further evidence about poor-quality fire doors and failures of compartmentation was raised at today’s Grenfell Inquiry in central London. Dr Barbara Lane, who has produced a lengthy expert report for the inquiry and gave evidence last week, appeared before the inquiry again today to address further evidence points. She began with […]