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“I can’t believe how effective the fire door was at retaining the heat!”

Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service is reminding people about the importance of having fire doors following a recent fire in Tarvin, Nr. Chester

Fire Door Safety Week 2014

Fire Door Safety Week makes a return this year following a hugely successful launch in 2013. The campaign will take place between 15 and 21 September 2014, engaging the breadth of the industry ... Read more »

Come and visit the Fire Door Safety Zone at FIREX 2014

The latest fire door regulation guidance and best practice advice will be on offer to professionals coming to FIREX next week, along with a prize worth £500 at the Fire Door Safety Zone. ... Read more »

2014 Scheme Directory now available

The 2014 Directory of Members is now available for download. The recent edition contains certification and contact details of all third-party certificated Fire Door Manufacturers and Licensed ... Read more »

CPD Seminar programme at Cardiff announced

Additional dates have now been confirmed in the series of regional CPD seminars – Understanding Passive Fire Protection – run in conjunction with ASFP (The Association for Specialist ... Read more »

New analysis reveals huge cost of fires for fire door safety breaches

Analysis by FDIS (Fire Door Inspection Scheme) of the RRO prosecutions last year suggests that ill-informed or negligent property owners are more likely than ever to receive large fines or even ... Read more »

London CPD Seminar on Passive Fire Protection

The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has announced the third of its series of regional CPD seminars will take place in Southwark, London on 20 March 2014. Held in ... Read more »

. . . . and the winner is!

An un-named care home has been crowned with the not-so-prestigious prize of "Dodgy Fire Door of the Year" by the Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) and its Facebook campaign – ... Read more »

More prosecutions related to bad fire doors

Yet more prosecutions related to poorly maintained, poorly installed or defective fire doors are highlighted in the latest round-up of fire prosecutions under the RRO. The summary, published in ... Read more »

BWF features strongly in a successful year of fire initiatives

The work of the British Woodworking Federation (BWF) and it's fire door scheme (BWF-CERTIFIRE), along with other organisations in the Fire Sector, has been praised for its successful year of ... Read more »