All Information About Fire Doors

by Mihai B. Fire Prevention Expert

Fire protection is one of the most important and also one of the most common necessity whenever you are constructing, buying or living in an establishment. Inside a building you can install various types of fire protection systems and fire door is one of them. Nowadays you will observe fire doors in every establishment you will whether it is a residential or a commercial building. The current post will discuss what exactly do you mean by fire door and why do you need a fire door to be installed in your establishment.

What Is A Fire Door?

Fire door or simply fire rated door is a special type of door with fire resistance capacity. It prevents the spread of fire inside any establishment. It is one of the crucial fire protection equipment that every establishment should have. It is also an important type of passive fire protection. Passive fire protection is an essential element of fire protection and fire safety in a building.

How A Fire Door works?

First of all clear your conception and understanding of what a fire doors actually mean. It is quite different than a typical or traditional type of doors that we see in any building. Unlike typical doors fire doors require proper and regular fire door inspection is necessary as they are designed to restrict the spread of fire and damage of which can cost huge human lives.

How To Install A Fire Door?

Generally there are two methods using which you can easily install a fire door.

First method is to use the core present in the door made from material like of a flax board or of composite wood which will burn much slowly as compared to a typical or traditional door.

Fire Door Regulations

Before you start off with the fire door installation process there are some standard fire door regulations that you have to follow to avoid any kind of accident or damage of fire doors during any kind of fire accidents. Few of them are mentioned below

1. A building must assign a responsible, skilled and an experienced person to manage risk assessments and to check the working of fire doors.

2. Fire doors must offer the same resistance and standards as compared to floors and walls.

3. Smoke detection regulations should be applied to fire doors to provide added security and are often integrated.

4. Fire doors must also meet disability access regulations

5. Last but not the least building structures must be compliant enough so that multiple fire doors can be installed in the building.

Where To Use A Fire Door?

Commonly every commercial establishment whether it is a store, commercial shopping centre, educational building or a corporate building installing fire doors at these places should be given the first priority as a large number of people work in this establishment on a daily basis.

Installation And Testing?

For fire door installation and inspection hiring skilled and experienced men is required to avoid any type of accident due to improper inspection.

Final Words

The current post discussed what do you actually mean by a fire door. Where can you install fire doors, how does it work and how to properly maintain the fire doors.

About The Author

Hi I am Mike Weasley, managing director of a fire protection company in Dublin. I have a work experience of about 15 years in this field.