Another responsibility for the Responsible Person/s is to ensure fire doors are compliant and adequate to provide a safe barrier between an accommodation and an escape route for example. Fire Risk Assessor Preston Ltd is qualified to inspect and confirm if your fire doors are compliant to provide the required restriction of smoke, fire and heat to allow safe protection within a room or protect a vital escape route allowing safe evacuation.
Fire doorsets should be inspected and maintained so they remain effective in a fire, with the frequency based on the building type and fire risk. In residential buildings over 11m, communal fire doors must be checked at least every 3 months and flat entrance doors at least every 12 months on a best endeavours basis; for commercial premises, inspection frequency is set by the fire risk assessment and should reflect use, wear, and traffic. Best practice is to provide proof of inspection has been completed and importantly, results rectified.
Fire door inspections help ensure doors, frames, seals, closers, hinges, and latches remain in good working order and will close correctly if there is a fire. In commercial and residential buildings, checks should be carried out by a competent person at intervals appropriate to the risk, with specific legal inspection duties applying to multi-occupied residential buildings.