Understanding your legal obligations for fire door maintenance and inspection.
The 'Responsible Person' must ensure fire doors are correctly installed, regularly inspected, and properly maintained as part of their fire risk assessment.
Strengthened requirements for residential buildings. Building owners must ensure fire doors in common areas are checked at least quarterly, and flat entrance doors annually.
British Standard requiring periodic inspection by a 'competent person' with appropriate training — such as ABBE Level 3 certification — to assess fire door condition and compliance.
Failure to comply with fire door regulations can result in:
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