Supporting Fire Door Safety Week 2020

Jason Healy, Lincoln Security’s Commercial Sales Director said: “Fire Door Safety Week is an important industry event and Lincoln Security are proud to be supporting this cause for another year.

“We supply, fit, maintain and repair thousands of fire doors over the course of the year and raising awareness on their proper care is of paramount importance to ensuring people are kept safe.

“Lincoln Security offer free surveys for all fire doors and more information, including a 5 Step Fire Door Checklist is available by clicking here.”

Whilst Fire Doors are regularly found present in offices and homes, over one third of people admitting to propping open a fire door and 50% have seen one propped open (source:ironmongerydirect).  The misuse of fire doors and the associated hardware can cause faults to develop over time, leading to the fire door not providing adequate protection in the event of a fire. We asked our fire door surveyors to break down some different parts of fire doors to give more of an understanding as to why they’re important.

Fire Rated Hinges

Hinges and latches have an important role in ensuring the integrity of the door. The fire door hinges must remain adequately attached, in spite of the charring of wood in the vicinity. It is common to use three hinges on a fire door to prevent it from warping.

Fire DoorGuards

The DoorGuard is a smart, standalone device  which can be fixed to a fire door in seconds to provide a reliable way to keep it open whilst listening out for fire alarms and, upon hearing an alarm over 80dB, will automatically release the door to a closed position, helping to comply with fire safety laws.

DoorGuards help to maintain access to rooms whilst improving fire safety. Most models feature a timer which can be set to release the DoorGuard during specified hours such as during the night.