ASSA ABLOY Security
Doors, a UK division of ASSA ABLOY, the global leader in door opening
solutions, has launched a thought-provoking whitepaper focusing on the critical
subject of fire door safety.
The whitepaper covers
key topics of fire door safety. These include the purpose and effectiveness of
fire doors, fire door regulations, manufacturing and installation.
The Grenfell Tower
incident last year raised many questions surrounding how we can prevent the
spread of fires in commercial and social housing buildings.
Fire doors are one of
the most important and effective elements of a building’s passive fire
protection. ASSA ABLOY Security Doors wanted to discuss how mandatory
inspection and maintenance of fire doors can only serve to protect a building
and its occupants.
The whitepaper
discusses in detail how installing correctly specified fire doors can
significantly reduce the spread of fire within a building. It then provides
practical information which covers current fire door guidance, standards and
accreditation.
It also calls for the UK government to 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.”
