Fire Safety

A series of Quickguides on the fire rating requirements for rooflights in each of the four UK nations has ben issued by the Rooflight Association The new Quickguides provide information on the current fire rating...

Birmingham fabricator Shelforce is having to increase capacity for its fully compliant Fireshel 30-minute fire, smoke and security resistant door and is now gearing up for producing 200 doors a week to cope with...

Promat UK has added two new steel framed glazed door systems and a timber door set to its range of fire safety solutions for domestic, public and commercial buildings. All three door sets are available...

Commercial installer The Window Company (Contracts) has become an Associate Member of the British Woodworking Federation, partly so that it can join the ongoing debate on the replacement of fire doors in social housing. Chairman...

Pyroguardhas introduced its latest RIBA approved CPD for the fire safety sector: ‘Fire safety glazing – a system not a product!’ As well as explaining more about the role of fire safety glass and the...

Framexpress has announced its membership of the Association of Composite Door Manufacturers, the trade body that represents the interests of composite door manufacturers and suppliers in the UK. By joining the ACDM, Framexpress aims to...

Over half (57%) of people in the UK could not spot a problem with a fire door, one of the foremost reasons for under-reporting of issues, according to new research issued to mark Fire...

Norseal is launching FrameFit, a gap remediation product aimed at bringing non-compliant fire doors into compliance. FrameFit is based on a preformed fillet of intumescent and charring material, supplied boxed in kit form in 5.2m...

ODL Europe has completed further testing on its Guardsman FD30 fire door from the UKAS Accredited Fixed Scope test to BS EN 1634-1 and results showed the door exceeded a 60-minute burn time. Managing Director...

Pyroguard has launched a new Product Selector, available free on its website. Users can search via a range of options and parameters, including the required classification, configuration, system frame type and application. The portal then...