Fire Safety & Security

Louise Frost from Door Controls Direct takes us through key fire door ironmongery checks, to help keep all facilities safe and secure. Fire doors aren’t installed for privacy, for air management, or even to restrict or control access. They’re life … Continue reading →

Fire Door Safety week reiterates the importance of the responsibility for specifiers, contractors and building owners in ensuring that fire doors meet current fire regulations and legislation. At Carlisle Brass our Specification Team can support customers wit, Ironmongery Scheduling – … Continue reading →

Paul Thompson, Head of Specification & Openings Studio for ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions, discusses the duty of contractors to ensure a building’s fire doors are installed correctly, and how Building Information Modelling (BIM) holds the key to ensuring compliance. Since … Continue reading →

Door Group, a unit of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, is highlighting the lack of fire safety in education environments, calling for urgent action to improve fire door standards, after new Home Office figures show an alarming lack … Continue reading →

Newbury-based lock manufacturer, Codelocks was visited by Laura Farris, Newbury MP, last week to discuss the critical implications of proposed changes to fire door testing requirements for UK businesses. The proposed changes from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities … Continue reading →

Alison Aston, Lead Category Manager – Safety Products at ASSA ABLOY When disaster strikes within a building, it is essential that exit hardware is fitted and correctly specified, so that occupants are able to leave as quickly and safely as … Continue reading →

Abloy UK has reinforced the importance of fire door compliance after new government statistics revealed a sharp and shocking increase in the number of fires in England. Fire and rescue services attended 178,737 fires in the year ending March 2023[1] … Continue reading →

Mike Sutcliffe, Business Development Manager of Vanquish Hardware Protection, which specialists in the manufacture of precision Intumescent kits for rebated hardware for use in timber fire door assemblies, discusses how the market has changed since the Grenfell tragedy – and … Continue reading →

Fire Door Safety week reiterates the importance of the responsibility for specifiers, contractors and building owners in ensuring that fire doors meet current fire regulations and legislation. Areas that deliver fire door suitability are the initial specification of products, correct … Continue reading →

To make the start of Fire Door Safety Week, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland is urging those involved with the specification, installation, and maintenance of fire doors to educate themselves by reviewing its comprehensive Fire Door Guide. Brian … Continue reading →

To mark the start of Fire Door Safety Week 2022, Abloy UK has highlighted alarming statistics in an infographic, showing an increase in the number of fires and fatalities and a significant number of failed fire door inspections. Pat Jefferies, … Continue reading →

UAP Ltd, the UK’s foremost independent supplier of ironmongery products and door locking systems, has launched a complete range of Firemongery fire door products designed to help customers select the right certified solutions in three easy steps. Firemongery is the … Continue reading →

by Sasha Brigden In 2019 the Fire Door Inspection Scheme carried out research which uncovered that a shocking 76% of doors inspected were deemed unfit for purpose! Many of our products are either installed onto fire doors or are related to fire doors … Continue reading →

Since the Grenfell Tower tragedy five years ago, there has been an even greater focus on fire safety in the social housing sector. It’s a responsibility that Greater Manchester social housing provider, Irwell Valley Homes, takes very seriously, with a … Continue reading →