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Afternoon Could someone please confirm if there is anything written with regard the fire doors and compartmentation in school science rooms. The classrooms are clearly using gas and chemicals, obviously under supervision. However the compartmentation diagrams have not picked these area up and as such the doors to these classrooms and those in between the classrooms are not managed as fire doors. From what I have seen it seems to be best/good practice, but cant find anything in print. Thank you

Morning I am coming across various vision panels with different variances and ideally looking for clarification of some sort. Is obscure GWPP or frosted glass acceptable for vision panel glazing, as common sense would suggest that vision should be possible through the glass? Also I am seeing vision panel blinds being installed and although they look 'manufactured' I am unsure if these are compliant for the same reason as above Thank you in advance

Assuming there is a fire alarm system in place, there should be an interface between the fire alarm system and the door entry system. When the panel goes into fire the door entry system should automatically 'drop' to allow all doors to open freely, therefore allowing free movement. The fire alarm should be tested 6 monthly as a minimum, but you need to confirm with the fire alarm contractor if the interface is tested or even if it exists. Often the same supplier is used for fire alarm and door entry, so if this is the case the confirmation should be easier. When auditing I always look for the supplier to confirm in writing that the interface has been tested and the doors open when in fire, however this rarely evident on engineers paperwork.

Morning I stumbled upon this 'fire door' which as you can see is 80% Unmarked GWPP and 20% timber. Is there anything in writing which states a reasonable area of glazing within a door leaf? Thank you

Afternoon My client has asked for a fire door survey to be completed the following criteria and I believe this would be easier using a proprietary software To be able to categorise each door into one of the following for budgetary purposes Life Cycle Repair Malicious Damage Maintenance Ability to add budgetary costs to each door or repair The software creates a database allowing all of the 1-3 criteria above to be reviewed, including the budgetary costs The ability to add photographs and expand them if possible A monthly cost would be preferred Does anyone use any software like this currently, as I have looked at a few of them, but they don't seem to tick all the boxes so far. Thank you

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Morning There is currently a discussion going on in our office with regard fire doors with 25mm rebated frames. I have searched on here and found a few posts, basically confirming this was satisfactory in the 1980's and the idea was superseded by strips and seals, after a rebate failed a test However its now 2021 and would be grateful if one of the FD experts on here could confirm if doors with 25mm rebates are compliant now, especially for sleeping accommodation (Hotel Rooms) Personally I am uncomfortable with the hotel rooms, riser doors and store cupboards doors relying on rebates in protected corridors. Any clear advice would be appreciated Thank you

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Hi I have recently come across a protected staircase, which the school has recently lined with carpet (they are unaware if its fire retardant) I am aware that protected staircase, should be of a fire resisting construction but obviously have concerns on the floor covering. I have looked in BS9999 and ADB, but cant see anything relating to floor coverings in a protected staircase Appreciate any it if anyone could advise or detail any relevant details I can quote Thank you

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My mother in Law lives on her own wears hearing aids during the day and obviously removes them when going to bed. I realise there is a wealth of domestic detectors on the market, but is there one that works through an App, so if it activates it will send a message to out to our mobile phones, so we can be aware? I just can't be sure she is going to hear anything with a stand alone device Cheers

I would like some guidance with regard volume and allocation of Fire Doors on site. I have numerous sites where the office based maintenance team in the past have been very liberal with the use of fire door signage and as such almost every door has a FD sign on it. As I try to educate the site team on the importance of maintaining these assets, the realisation is that only a percentage of these doors should be acting as actual fire doors. I have an understanding of the doors leading onto fire escape routes, kitchens etc, but further to looking in BS9999, I am still struggling to understand the logic behind dead end situations and one route means of escape. I need to be able to able to work out what is an actual fire door on site and what has just been badged up historically. Is there something out that defines this clearly? Cheers

My question here is not related to the condition of existing fire doors, its related to the verification of existing doors within a building. I work with schools a lot and they have a habit of placing Fire Door signs on every door in the school and as such a lot of them are not or never have been acting as fire doors and as such not all the doors carrying signage need to be maintained. I have approached a few FRA companies, who seem to shy away from specifics stating, they are there to assess risk only and don't want to de classify fire doors on a site. My two questions are; Is there a specific company that I can use based in the SE of the UK to undertake this work Are there any certificated training courses covering this, also training for issue of a compartmentation plan or drawing The course I have looked up seem to be building and construction based. Thank you