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Check the gaps Look for any around the top and intumescent seals sides of the door around the door are consistently less or frame. Check than 4mm when they’ re intact with the door’ s closed. no sign of damage. The gap under the door can be slightly larger( up to 8mm), but it does depend on the door. Ideally, you should not see light under the door. aps and maintenance of fire doors. Building owners, facilities and estates managers have a legal duty to appoint a‘ responsible person’, who is accountable for the fire safety in the building that they own or manage, to ensure that the fire doors installed comply with current legislation.
Research by FDIS found that more than £ 450,000 in fines was issued to the landlords and managers of HMOs during 2015, as well as a number of custodial and suspended sentences.
Hannah Mansell continues:“ Last year was a resounding success for Fire Door Safety Week with 129 organisations pledging support and many running events. This year we want to build on that momentum by encouraging even more fire services, local councils and stakeholders to get involved and help us to spread the fire door safety message.”
A number of supporters have already begun arranging events to take place during Fire Door Safety Week and the London Fire Brigade is working with BWF-Certifire to deliver a fire door safety conference to its fire safety teams across London on 29th September 2016.
BREAKING BAD HABITS
David Oldfield, chairman of BWF-Certifire, said:“ People don’ t realise that properly specified fire doors provide a
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Check all hinges are Check the door firmly fixed( three closes firmly onto or more of them), the latch withou with no missing or sticking on the fl broken screws. or the frame.
Be sure the door has been properly maintained, and
A fire doo works wh closed. A complet barrier to stop the spread of fire and smoke and can last between 30 and 60 minutes, depending on the door. In an emergency, every second counts. Time is critical and can be the difference between life and death. If the door is wedged open, then it can’ t protect us – wedging open fire doors are a bad habit we have to break.
“ This year is particularly significant as it raises the question why after 350 years have we not nailed this. The wedge is just part of a legacy of neglect arising from historically poor specification, installation, maintenance and management of fire doors. There is no excuse for poor fire door safety. Corners have been cut and bad decisions have been made, but we hope through Fire Door Safety week to stop the rot and restart the market.”
GET INVOLVED
The Fire Door Safety Week website offers tailored advice, with free resources in an online toolkit to help spread the word about fire door safety including on websites and social media, running events, or by carrying out full onsite inspections and sending any images of dodgy fire doors to Theodore Firedoor’ s Facebook page.
www. firedoorsafetyweek. co. uk, follow @ FDSafetyWeek on Twitter and hashtag # FireDoorSafetyWeek.
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