Fire door safety in education
Fire door safety is essential in schools, colleges and universities. With large numbers of students, staff and visitors moving through corridors every day, fire doors are sometimes wedged open to improve access. However, this can prevent them from closing in an emergency and compromise fire safety.
A safe, compliant fire door hold-open solution allows internal doors to remain open during normal use while automatically releasing them when the fire alarm is activated. This helps doors close and perform their vital role in containing fire and smoke.
Holding internal doors open safely can also:
- Improve accessibility around busy educational buildings
- Support better airflow and ventilation
- Reduce contact with door handles
- Help manage movement through corridors and communal areas
Schools, colleges and universities should never wedge fire doors open. Instead, they should use a suitable, legally compliant fire door holder or retainer designed to release when required.
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Why hold fire doors open?
- Prevent door handle contact to mitigate infection
- Improve ease of access through busy corridors
- Remove the danger of fire doors being wedged open
- Make heavy and cumbersome fire doors easy to open
- Reduce the risk of injury from heavy fire doors closing too quickly
Why install a wire-free fire safety system in schools?
- Reduce maintenance costs as well as providing the highest level of fire door security and control to protect staff, children and visitors
- Installing fire door holders and/or closers into your school or college will ensure that in the event of a fire, the fire doors will close automatically.
- Closing fire doors prevents the spread of smoke and flames travelling from room to room.
- Unable to install hard-wired devices due to building infrastructure or risk of disturbing asbestos
- Have installed a voice fire alarm which are not compatible with sound activated fire door devices
