Global support Fire Door Safety Week to raise awareness of the importance of fire doors in protecting homes and saving lives. The Fire Door Safety Week campaign focuses on the critical role of fire doors, drawing attention to specific issues that are often overlooked.
Through combined efforts across the industry, Global can create awareness of the importance of effective fire door installation and maintenance. British Woodworking Federation launched the Fire Door Safety Week campaign in 2013. Partners supporting the campaign include the Home Office’s National Fire Safety campaign and London Fire Brigade.
Importance of fire doors
Fire doors remain a significant area of neglect, often mismanaged, downgraded on a specification
Around 3 million new fire doors are installed across the UK, every year. Fire doors are often the first line of defense in the event of a fire. This can mean the correct specification, maintenance, and management can be the difference between life and death for building occupants.
Despite this, fire doors remain a significant area of neglect, often mismanaged, downgraded on specification, damaged, and badly maintained.
Campaign Objectives
Fire Door Safety Week has the following objectives:
- Raise awareness of the critical role of fire doors, drawing attention to specific issues such as poor installation and maintenance.
- Encourage building owners and users to check the operation and condition of their fire doors and to report those that aren’t satisfactory.
- Link together the initiatives of many organizations with common interests in the fire door and passive fire protection industries.
- Engage and educate people, helping the whole building industry and every property owner to understand the correct specification, supply, installation, operation, inspection, and maintenance.
Playing a Part
Regardless of the position within the industry, the effectiveness of fire doors can affect anyone. Therefore, it is essential everyone work together to engage and educate the building industry and property owners to understand the correct specification, installation, and maintenance of fire doors.