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 – 25, is managed by the British Woodworking Federation and is supported by partners including the Home Office’s National Fire Safety campaign, the National Fire Chief’s Council and London Fire Brigade.]
This year’s campaign comes weeks after the June announcement of new fire safety legislation and guidance, that cladding of the type used on Grenfell Tower is to be banned from use on any building in England. The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 will come into effect next January and will ensure that flat entrance fire doors are subject to annual checks and those in the common parts of High-Risk Residential Buildings (HRRB), receive quarterly checks.
DHF head of commercial operations Patricia Sowsbery-Stevens said “We are a continuing supporter of passive fire protection and compartmentation which fire doorsets are a part of.
“We continue to stress the vital role that fire doors play in saving lives and protecting property and encourage those in positions of responsibility to seek the correct training with regards to installation and maintenance. This is something DHF takes extremely seriously. Indeed, any site operatives who apply for a Blue Skilled worker CSCS card from DHF and who work on-site installing, maintaining, or inspecting fire doorsets, must, in addition to their NVQ, have up-to-date training from BRE or similar as part of the criteria of application.”
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