Fire resistant doorsets, commonly called fire doors, are an integral component of fire protection in buildings and classified as passive fire protection systems. They are installed in walls constructed as fire barriers. Each fire door and the wall housing it, have a fire rating known as a fire resistant level. Fire doors allow a passageway through fire resistant walls for building occupants. When closed, fire doors restrict the spread of smoke, flames, toxic gases and other effects of fire.

 

A fire door consists of a door leaf, doorframe and associated hardware such as closers, handles, locks, vision panels, air grills and matching fire door tags on the door and door frame under Australian Standard AS1905.1. Fire doors are required to be self-closing and latching. 

 

Fire doors must be maintained in accordance with Queensland Development Code (QDC) MP 6.1 and AS1851 by an appropriately qualified person at adequate intervals to ensure the building’s fire safety installations perform to a standard no less than what they were originally required to meet.

 

Regular Inspections

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Annual and half yearly fire door and smoke door inspections are mandatory to ensure all doors remain compliant with the regulations set out by the Building Code Of Australia

 

Maintaining your fire doors and smoke doors means making sure that:

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• All door leaves, frames and hardware continue to be fire rated and uphold their required fire resistance rating (in accordance with AS1905) in regards to material, construction and installation

• All door openers continue to function properly, with self-closing and self-latching mechanisms fully operational at all times

• No doors have been fitted with a deadbolt or similar lock since the last inspection

• All clearances on all edges of the door continue to be compliant with regulations and have not been altered since the last inspection

•  Doors are not damaged, broken, split, misaligned or altered in any way that could affect their functionality in stopping fire, smoke or gases in the event of a fire