The Fire Safety Act has created a requirement for the Responsible Person (RP) to ensure that all common parts fire doors for residential properties 11m and above are checked quarterly.
Metro can combine these checks with the annual flat front door checks also required by the same Act. Whilst we would rely on the customer to liaise with the tenants and facilitate access, we employ a 3-attempt approach to try and gain access, recording both the successful and unsuccessful attempts.
For residential properties below 11m, fire doors are part of general fire precautions, and any RP will be expected to effectively plan, organise, control, monitor and review their fire doors to ensure their continued effectiveness. The Act has not been prescriptive on what this approach constitutes.
Competence
As with all our regular inspection services an initial asset grab builds a detailed digital picture of the fire door assets on site and their state of repair. The regular Fire Door Checks are then undertaken by fully trained operatives who will reference their findings against this original condition survey. All people undertaking this work will have undertaken and passed an FIA accredited Fire Door Checking course.
Reporting
The reports contain photographs and clear locations of any issues identified allowing for easy management of remedial actions. These can be accessed through our Safety SMART portal.
Further Information
Please contact us on 020 7960 3939 for further details or advice.