Fire Door Inspection ‘Access Issues’

Fire Door Inspection ‘Access Issues’

Regulation 10 outlines that… ‘Residents and Tenants should be encouraged to allow the Fire Door Inspectors on behalf of the Responsible Person(s) access to their property at the scheduled date and time to inspect their flat entrance doors’. You can...
Only 40% felt completely safe from fire!

Only 40% felt completely safe from fire!

It’s interesting scouring the media across the construction, fit-out and building asset management sectors that there is a lot more coverage around ‘what the Tenants and Residents feel’ particularly in relation to Fire Safety concerns. There was a...
The Register of Higher-Risk Buildings…

The Register of Higher-Risk Buildings…

The recent FIS article on ‘The Register of Higher-Risk Buildings and what it means for us’ again brings to mind how further legislation is really going to drive the need for ‘better information management’ in the construction and fit-out...
New Fire Safety Regulations are now in force in England

New Fire Safety Regulations are now in force in England

The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, which implement the majority of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations, came into force yesterday (23 January 2023). These are new requirements for ‘responsible persons’ of mid and high-rise blocks of flats to provide...
Importance of Residents role in Fire Door Safety

Importance of Residents role in Fire Door Safety

Providing clear and simple guidance to residents on the do’s and don’ts of Fire Doors is as important as the installation and ongoing maintenance itself. At FireDNA we believe that residents have a critical role to play in checking that their Fire Doors are working...