GQA backs Fire Door academy with training and qualifications
GQA is developing accredited training and qualifications covering fire door installation, maintenance and inspection in partnership with Fire Door Maintenance (FDM) with the aim of raising safety standards across the industry.
The awarding and qualifications...
TWC fitters learn more on fire doors
Some 25 members of the fitting team at The Window Company (Contracts) have received up to date FD30S Fire Door installation training to coincide with the 2023 implementation of the new Fire Safety Act...
Hurst adds fire doors to online offer
Hurst Doors has now made its range of third-party accredited composite fire doors available to order through its Hurst Live customer portal.
Hurst Live allows customers to specify the exact requirements of their fire door...
Fire test surpassed by 23%
Wrightstyle has announced that its WSL SR60 curtain framing system with Schott Pyranova 120 glass has passed EI120 test for dual-directional fire safety, exceeding the criteria by 23% at 148 minutes.
The test was carried out, at WarringtonFire, with the...
Advance from Pyroguard
Pyroguard has launched Pyroguard Advance, a cuttable product that features a gel interlayer.
The glass, with a fire resistance of 30 or 60 minutes, is said to deliver fire protection at larger certified pane sizes,...
BWF partners with Open College for fire door awareness
The British Woodworking Federation has partnered with the National Open College Network, an Ofqual Regulated Awarding Organisation, to produce a two-day Fire Door Installation Awareness course.
Working together under the Network’s SiteRight brand, the federation...
New name for fire safety glass group
A fire safety group has launched a new identity, Technical Fire Safety Group, covering the group’s trading businesses Pyroguard and Fire Glass UK and supporting them with corporate governance, legal and administrative matters.
Technical Fire Safety Group...
UK’s first Fire Door Academy launched with plans for more to follow
The UK’s first practical training centre for the fire door industry opened this week along with the announcement that other centres are already being planned, with a second to launch as soon as the...
DHF backs return of Fire Door Safety Week
The Door & Hardware Federation is once again supporting the upcoming Fire Door Safety Week, created in response to ‘a legacy of fire door neglect.’ Fire Door Safety Week, taking place on September 19...
Warringtonfire upgrades test lab
Warringtonfire, part of Element Materials Testing, has invested in expanding its High Wycombe testing facility to meet anticipated growth in demand.
The transformation of the fire testing, inspection and certification facility includes refurbishment of its...
