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 | | THE COMPELLING CASE FOR FIRE CERTIFICATION - FROM THE DHF | | | Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) | | 27/02/2007 | | | The Door and Hardware Federation (DHF) has published a comprehensive guide
to fire door and shutter certification for the benefit of all specifiers,
designers and purchasers of fire resisting doorsets and shutters.
Its publication (on the DHF website) follows the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 which comes into force from October last year that places a far greater responsibility for fire safety on the owners and occupiers of buildings.
The DHF Guide to Fire Door and Shutter Verification is a handy step-by-step
guide. By following the guide the specifier or purchaser will be able to verify
that the product selected is covered by third party product conformity certification. The guide will also help verify whether the product can be
property installed by a certificated installer. In addition it will help him
ensure that the product will satisfy relevant standards and the requirements
of the Building Regulations.
The DHF is stressing that the presentation of a copy of a test report with a
fire product - even when accompanied by a letter of assessment - is not product
certification. In fact, certification is a process involving independent third
party testing, inspection and random auditing.
Said Tony Fitzpatrick, chairman of the DHF's metal doorset forum and author of
the guide: "This process is designed to ensure that the product complies with an
agreed standard. Only products subjected to this process can be properly described as certified. Mere possession of a test report and an assessment is
not sufficient.
"Building owners and occupiers, who now have far more responsibility for
fire safety, should be aware that building control officers are looking very
closely for correctly certified fire doors and shutters. They know that a traceable certification scheme label attached to a fire door is one sure way of
verifying that a fire door installation satisfies the requirements of the Building Regulations."
A number of DHF member companies who are BS EN ISO 9001 approved offer third
party product and installation certification with their fire tested products.
These are supported by Certificates of Approval and technical data sheets. | |
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