Why have your fire doors inspected?
• Legal obligations
• Social responsibility
• Protect escape routes to allow safe egress and save lives
• Protect the rest of the building from damage
• Asset protection and life protection
• Stay-put strategy (HMO housing and healthcare sector) and Staged Evacuation
• Fire & Rescue Services have the power to restrict use of your building or even close it down
• Prosecutions under the Fire Safety Order are often very punitive
• Fire doors are one of the most common non compliances
• Fire Safety Order Article 17 and Article 18
• Fitness for purpose and Competent Person
The fire door inspection process
• CertFDI fire door inspectors will conduct a thorough inspection
• Not just the condition of the doors but suitability, installation, configuration and compatibility of components
• Fire door inspections need particular specialist knowledge
• Incorrect hinges, door closers, glazed panels and even the wrong screws for example will greatly affect fire performance
• Door leaves mis-alignedor without correct fire and smoke seals will not perform
• Poor installation and maintenance = poor performancenspection of a fire door is about more than does the door close
• A fire door is not just a door leaf it is a set of different components that must perform together to hold backfire and smoke for a specified time period
• To perform correctly in a real life fire situation the fire door assembly must be installed and maintained to spec equal to the fire performance test
• A CertFDI inspectors nspection will verify whether this is the case The fire door inspection process
• CertFDI inspector is the Competent Person as referenced by the 2005 Fire Safety Order
• Up to 90 checks will be made during the inspection looking at up to 25 different components including hold-open devices, locks, latches, air transfer grilles, glazing, intumescentprotection, handles and fixing methods
• Suitability for door function and configuration will be inspected The fire door inspection process
• Full and comprehensive report issued to the client
• Any non-compliance sand necessary remedial work will be detailed
• Independent and impartial
• Inspectors bound by FDIS code of conduct
