Two years since its launch, the UK’s Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) has more than 400 candidates registered on its online training programme, while over 150 ‘fire door experts’ have passed the FDIS Diploma, and are using the designation, DipFD.
There are now 15 certificated inspectors working with property owners and facilities managers to undertake full fire door audits and provide recommendations for repair, maintenance, and improvements. A campaign this year will aim to get more inspectors approved through the FDIS certification process. FDIS has also received strong support for Theodore Firedoor, a fire door safety campaign that uses social media to highlight ‘the widespread problems of illfitting, damaged, and poorly maintained fire doors in public buildings’.
“One of the drivers of the scheme’s success has been the numerous fines handed out to property owners for breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order due to incorrectly specified, installed, or poorly maintained, fire doors,” the FDIS explained.
