Ongoing safety support

Door and Hardware Federation (DHF) will hold a series of free fire door safety seminars as part of its support for Fire Door Safety Week, which this year took place at the end of September 2019.

The event was launched in 2013 in response to a legacy of fire door neglect and aims to increase the public’s understanding of the role that fire doors play in protecting life and property.

It is led by the British Woodworking Federation (BWF), the BWF Fire Door Alliance (an evolution of the BWF Certifire Scheme) and the Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS).

DHF’s fire door seminars will take place on the mornings of January 14, February 11 and March 17 next year, and will be presented by the chair of DHF’s timber doorsetgroup, Fiona Critchley.

Earlier this year DHFjoined forces with Secured by Design (SBD) and the Fire Industry Association (FIA) to publish a guidance document on flat entrance doorsets: A Guide for Selecting Flat Entrance Doorsets,a publication for housing associations, landlords, building owners and local authorities in England, which highlights the fundamental issues of fire safety for those selecting fire doorsets.

The federation has, since 2014, also partnered with BRE Academy to offer fire door training courses, together developing three all-inclusive one-day training courses on fire door safety to offer greater clarity on the regulations and standards applying to fire doors.

Those attending the fire door seminars will receive a free copy of the guidance document.

DHF’s commercial manager Patricia Sowsbery-Stevens said: “We continue to stress that the use of fire doors, correctly installed and with robust fire door maintenance procedures, are a key part of fire safety and urge those in positions of responsibility to seek the correct training with regards to installation and maintenance.”

www.dhfonline.org.uk/training/fire-doors-and-shutters-training