Fire doors save lives. In the event of a fire, a fire door is an essential weapon against the spread of fire and preserving life. However, these specialist doors can only work if used correctly which is why this Fire Door Safety Week (Monday 25th September – Friday 29th September) we are supporting the campaign to ‘close the door on fire’.
The British Woodworking Federation’s Fire Door Safety Week aims to raise the awareness of the critical role that fire doors play in saving lives and protecting property.
Research conducted in 2022 found that shockingly more than 30% of people believed that a propped open fire door was safe and 15% of people believed keeping a fire door closed stops it performing.
The issues around fire door safety don’t exist only in high-rise, high-risk buildings. Fire doors exist across all industries and sectors, including offices, care homes, hospitals, schools, and housing. The advice is the same no matter the building type. If there is a fire door, it must be kept closed.
Principal Doorsets is proud to be certified to the highest standards for our fire doors and we carry out rigorous testing on our products.
“We have been producing BM TRADA Q-Mark products here at Principal Doorsets since we began production nine years ago,’ Stan explains. “We are third party accredited under the Q-Mark, Fire Door manufacturing scheme, which is regarded as one of the most rigorous certification processes available. By using thorough testing in a UKAS certified furnace, we can see that when a fire door is closed it is able to fulfil its role in containing the fire, allowing time for people in the building to escape and minimising the damaging effects to the building.”
BM Trada uses plugs to identify fire performance. The plugs are machined into the edge of the doorset (can be frame of leaf) that are not easily removed or damaged. This allows a longer life cycle for the doorset by identifying fire resistance and the manufacturer.
BM Trada – Colour Coding of Identification Plug System:
The outer plugs represent the following periods of Fire resistance (minutes):
The inner “Tree” inserts represent:
From Dorset & Wilshire Fire & Rescue Service
With more than 400 years of combined experience in doorset supply, at Principal Doorsets, we pride ourselves on creating high quality, performance doorsets. We closely monitor industry and construction standards to enable us to provide each customer with the assurance that their projects conform to the latest standards.
Fire Door Safety Week is owned and managed by the British Woodworking Federation and supported by the BWF Fire Door Alliance.
For more information, please visit www.firedoorsafetyweek.co.uk
