Fire Safety & Security

Door Group, a division of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, is urging building owners, facilities managers and duty holders to prioritise regular, professional fire door inspections to ensure escape routes remain safe and compliant. Fire doorsets play a … Continue reading →

To mark the start of Fire Door Safety Week 2025, Abloy UK has called for action to improve fire door compliance, following new statistics that show a concerning increase in fires and fire-related deaths and injuries across England. The latest … Continue reading →

ASSA ABLOY Door Group is drawing attention to a critical update in fire safety standards that significantly impacts the design and specification of steel fire doorsets. A new UK National Foreword has been published alongside the revised version of the … Continue reading →

Louise Frost from Door Controls Direct takes us through key fire door ironmongery checks, to help keep all facilities safe and secure. Fire doors aren’t installed for privacy, for air management, or even to restrict or control access. They’re life … Continue reading →

Fire Door Safety week reiterates the importance of the responsibility for specifiers, contractors and building owners in ensuring that fire doors meet current fire regulations and legislation. At Carlisle Brass our Specification Team can support customers wit, Ironmongery Scheduling – … Continue reading →

Paul Thompson, Head of Specification & Openings Studio for ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions, discusses the duty of contractors to ensure a building’s fire doors are installed correctly, and how Building Information Modelling (BIM) holds the key to ensuring compliance. Since … Continue reading →

Door Group, a unit of ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland, is highlighting the lack of fire safety in education environments, calling for urgent action to improve fire door standards, after new Home Office figures show an alarming lack … Continue reading →

Newbury-based lock manufacturer, Codelocks was visited by Laura Farris, Newbury MP, last week to discuss the critical implications of proposed changes to fire door testing requirements for UK businesses. The proposed changes from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities … Continue reading →

Alison Aston, Lead Category Manager – Safety Products at ASSA ABLOY When disaster strikes within a building, it is essential that exit hardware is fitted and correctly specified, so that occupants are able to leave as quickly and safely as … Continue reading →

Abloy UK has reinforced the importance of fire door compliance after new government statistics revealed a sharp and shocking increase in the number of fires in England. Fire and rescue services attended 178,737 fires in the year ending March 2023[1] … Continue reading →

Mike Sutcliffe, Business Development Manager of Vanquish Hardware Protection, which specialists in the manufacture of precision Intumescent kits for rebated hardware for use in timber fire door assemblies, discusses how the market has changed since the Grenfell tragedy – and … Continue reading →

Fire Door Safety week reiterates the importance of the responsibility for specifiers, contractors and building owners in ensuring that fire doors meet current fire regulations and legislation. Areas that deliver fire door suitability are the initial specification of products, correct … Continue reading →

To make the start of Fire Door Safety Week, ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions UK & Ireland is urging those involved with the specification, installation, and maintenance of fire doors to educate themselves by reviewing its comprehensive Fire Door Guide. Brian … Continue reading →

To mark the start of Fire Door Safety Week 2022, Abloy UK has highlighted alarming statistics in an infographic, showing an increase in the number of fires and fatalities and a significant number of failed fire door inspections. Pat Jefferies, … Continue reading →