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New procurement tool designed to support the sales of Fire Doors

In the run up to Fire Door Safety Week, the BWF Certifire Scheme has developed a new App style tool to support the procurement process for Fire Doors. This Toolkit is for anyone in the fire door ... Read more »

Fire door safety campaigners demand public register of Responsible Persons

In the shadow of the Grenfell Tower devastation, Fire Door Safety Week campaigners are renewing their call for a publicly available national register of Responsible Persons for fire safety in ... Read more »

Fire Doors: Is this the game changer we have been waiting for?

In a letter set to all local authorities in the UK Permanent Secretary to the Department of Communities and Local Government, Melanie Dawes CB sets down in no uncertain terms a clear set of ... Read more »

BWF Technical Manager, Hannah Mansell talks to the Radio 5 Wake up to Money team on Fire Doors and Responsible Persons

It was an early start to Monday as I arrived in the BBC studios to face the Radio 5 Wake up to Money team this morning to explain why we set-up Fire Door Safety Week.

Statement on Grenfell House from Chairman of the BWF Fire Door Scheme

It is sadly not uncommon to see buildings without fire doors, no emergency lighting or signage on doors and escape routes, broken fire rated glass, wedged-open fire doors, poor fire stopping ... Read more »

Fire safety in tower blocks is an “endemic problem” say campaigners

Less than a year since fire door safety campaigners turned a spotlight on high rise tower blocks, the country wakes to news of the devastating inferno at Grenfell Tower, West London. Hannah ... Read more »

Council housing residents receive fire door safety award

A local fire door safety campaign to inspire hope and raise awareness of fire safety in Southend-on-Sea following the tragic death of a mum-to-be is one of three initiatives to receive awards ... Read more »

After the fire: Seven years on from Lakanal House and what have we learned?

A legal wave of pain is heading Southwark Council's way, warns Hannah Mansell. And it could easily hit other London councils too.

2016 fire door safety campaign has biggest impact to date

This year's Fire Door Safety Week campaign achieved the active involvement of 174 organisations, including housing and construction companies, fire and rescue services, and a wide range of ... Read more »

Is the Responsible Person playing with fire? Stop them lurking in the shadows, says BWF

Exactly 10 years since new fire safety laws came into force in England and Wales, campaigners are calling for a public national register of the people with legal responsibility for fire ... Read more »