Fire Door Safety Week 16th – 21st September
Are Your Fire Doors Safe?
Fire doors are a critical element of fire safety and a requirement in every commercial and public building, however, they are also a legal requirement for multi-let properties also known as Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMO’s).
Tenant safety is reliant on fire doors to perform correctly in the event of a fire by providing critical protection within a building such as escape routes (stairs and corridors) and places of relative safety, and in separating different fire hazards in a building.
To save lives, they must work correctly, and there are some simple checks you can undertake depending on whether you are a building owner, or manager, a landlord or occupier.
If you are concerned about the safety of fire doors in your building, take a look at this simple list of checks you can make.
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