We are supporting Fire Door Safety Week

Be Safe Direct has pledged its support to Fire Door Safety Week 2016. Taking place between 26 September – 2 October, this annual campaign aims to raise  awareness of the critical role of fire doors in commercial, public and multiple occupancy buildings. Fire doors are a key element in passive fire protection and when correctly specified, installed and managed can save lives and property. Unfortunately, they are often downgraded on a specification and mismanaged during their life cycle when poorly maintained, damaged and as is often the case, propped open.

Fire Door Safety Week has been created to:

  • raise knowledge of the important role of fire doors.
  • encourage building owners and users to check the operation and condition of their fire doors and to report those that aren’t satisfactory.
  • link together the initiatives of many organisations with common interests in the fire door and passive fire protection industries.
  • engage and educate people, helping the whole building industry and every property owner to understand the correct specification, supply, installation, operation, inspection and maintenance of fire doors.

Fire door safety week has provided this ‘30 second fire door check’ to assess the safety of the fire doors in your building:  

  1. Does the door close soundly against the frame?
  2. Are the seals (intumescent or smoke seals) present and in good condition?
  3. Is the edge of the door or frame damaged?
  4. Does the latch engage properly?
  5. Are there any gaps larger than 3mm between the frame and the door?
  6. Can you see light through the gap at the bottom of the door?
  7. Are there a minimum of three hinges and do they look in good condition?
  8. Does the door have signage on it?
  9. If there is glazing in the door, does it look in good condition?
  10. Is the door wedged or stuck open?

If in doubt, report it to your landlord, building owner or facilities manager.

Be Safe Direct have put together this handy infographic. 

For more information and advice visit www.firedoorsafetyweek.co.uk and look out for #FireDoorSafetyWeek hashtags on Twitter.