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Offline CWEENG

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Fire Door Inspector
« on: March 31, 2014, 02:41:36 PM »

What is the real worth of becoming a Fire Door Inspector, (accredited).
Is it worth the money,.
I suppose if it was not so expensive there would be more with the appropriate letters after the name.

If you are already competent in identifying and reporting to a client on a fire door that is not fit for purpose, is the cost of the accreditation worth it?

??  don’t know.  :(

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Re: Fire Door Inspector
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2014, 09:52:43 PM »
Its ok being a fully qualified door inspector but does it equip inspectors to make a valid judgement based on context- ie if the door is not up to scratch whether it matters,  taking into account the layout and use of the building and the quantum of likelihood and consequences?

Or does it just create a new group of jobsworths to go along with the extinguisher jobsworths and the signage jobsworths that already inhabit the fire industry.
« Last Edit: April 02, 2014, 09:54:31 PM by kurnal »

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Re: Fire Door Inspector
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2014, 09:00:36 PM »
Answer: A new group ofr jobsworths, but significantly poorer having paid for the qualification.
Colin Todd, C S Todd & Associates

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Re: Fire Door Inspector
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2014, 03:04:35 PM »
At the end of the day it's a means of demonstrating your competence, which might make it easier to get work of this type.  In business terms, if you're in that business already & you don't get asked for it, or told you're losing work because your competitors have it then you probably don't 'need' it.

People have dismissed schemes like this but personally I don't see there's any reason why being trained and accredited to inspect or verify passive fire protection is any less worthy or necessary than being accredited to the same extent for detection or suppression.  There are certainly loads of people out there inspecting such kit on the basis of old wives' tales, including measuring how deep the door stop is, judging how 'heavy' a door feels, & by rapping it with their knuckles!  They haven't even heard of BS 8214, in many cases.

I'd be surprised if we don't see a significant expansion in organisations offering passive fire protection maintenance & inspection accreditation - there's an obvious gap in the market.  If this happens you'll start to see clients asking for it.  Whether this is the creation of "jobsworths" is really down to the industry to judge.

I have to add that I've no knowledge, experience or affiliation to the scheme in question. I'm simply offering a view that there's an opportunity for the passive fire protection industry to start catching up with the active stuff, in terms of inspection, commissioning & maintenance.  There's fundamentally no reason why it shouldn't be normal for a fire door to have a maintenance sticker on it in the same way as fire extinguishers do. Why not have a PFP maintenance log in the same way as we have fire systems log books? They're all subject to the same maintenance requirements under UK legislation & for some risks a decent fire door could be much more important than a working fire extinguisher!
« Last Edit: April 29, 2014, 03:09:13 PM by Fishy »

Offline Davo2

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Re: Fire Door Inspector
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2014, 09:24:41 PM »
Fishy

Some FRS's have a page in their free logbook for just this.
Its a good idea as in my limited experience passive can get forgotten about

davo

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Re: Fire Door Inspector
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2014, 06:05:40 AM »
Hi folks,

  I installed roller shutters in windows instead of wooden doors in my home. I bought from Online Roller Shutters in Australia and I installed manually. Whether safe in case if any fire accident? and How can i take some cautious steps for my Window doors?

Thanks in Advance.


Offline nearlythere

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Re: Fire Door Inspector
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2014, 06:35:01 AM »
Hi folks,

  I installed roller shutters in windows instead of wooden doors in my home. I bought from Online Roller Shutters in Australia and I installed manually. Whether safe in case if any fire accident? and How can i take some cautious steps for my Window doors?

Thanks in Advance.


Well In Advance saying as you work for or own the roller shutter company you would install its products. Should you not have considered the fire safety issues for you and your clients before you installed them?
We're not Brazil we're Northern Ireland.

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Re: Fire Door Inspector
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2014, 07:06:20 AM »
Am not working in Roller Shutter company. I bought roller shutters from online, they suggested me to install with some professional shutter installer. But I installed in my own.

What my doubt is, whether Aluminium Roller Shutters are safe or not? If fire accident occurs, whether Electric Aluminium Roller Shutter may create major damage in home? Can't we escape through the windows?

Thanks in Advance

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Re: Fire Door Inspector
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2014, 07:37:43 PM »
Maxleoau you have given the link to the shutter company in your personal profile as though it were your own. Hence the confusion.
You need to first of all find out if your home was built with the intention that any of the windows were fire escape windows. The Australian Building regulations will give you a start if you have no other source of reference. Personally I have no knowledge of legislation or standards in your part of the world, tried to look up the regs to advise you further but they are only available for purchase and expensive too. You could try your local library, the documents will set out the parameters for when and if escape windows are a requirement . If they are needed for escape then it must be possible to open the shutter immediately and easily from the inside with and without power.