Fire doors white paper: A Time to Act

With the full scale of the UK’s fire door problem becoming increasingly apparent – at least to those outside of the industry – ASSA ABLOY Security Doors presents a whitepaper on the issue.

A Time to Act examines:

• The purpose of fire doors
• Fire door regulations
• Manufacturing and installation best practice
• The merits of mandatory inspection and maintenance
• How installing correctly specified fire doors can delay the spread of fire within a building
• Practical information on current guidance, standards and accreditation
• Why the UK government should adopt and enforce a mandatory fire door inspection and maintenance scheme

Brian Sofley, managing director at ASSA ABLOY Security Doors and author of the whitepaper, said: “Proper fire doors save lives, but only if they are correctly manufactured and installed. However, there is nothing in UK law or building regulations that states public buildings must maintain fire doors, even though they are a life-saving product.

“This whitepaper provides information and guidance about fire door safety as a whole, and I hope it will prove useful for those involved in the construction industry as well as those lobbying to change fire door regulations in the UK.”

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