Oct 5, 2015 10:00:23 AM / by LSS

Remember being young and going to school to sit in class that, at the time, felt never ending?  Naturally, schools want to make education appealing to their students. What better way to do that than to have fun educational games and good old fashioned field trips? Many schools also decorate their classrooms in seasonal and holiday decorations, or simply color the school with bright murals on the walls and doors to make it fun and exciting.

 

But with all the excitement of dressing up the school to motivate students into wanting to learn, it’s easy to forget about fire safety, in particular fire doors.  Fire doors are very important in the fire safety industry and need to remain unaltered.  In order for a fire door to do its job and stop the spread of a fire, it needs to be visible and have nothing blocking it.

 

Top Fire Door Deficiencies that are Easily Preventable:

  1. Kick down door holders added to door, allowing it to be kept open

  2. Fire doors blocked to stay in the open position

  3. Area surrounding the fire door assembly blocked by furniture, equipment and/or boxes

 

These are just three of the common deficiencies that are seen in fire doors, but are the easiest to avoid. It may not seem like a big deal to prop open a door to let a little air flow through, or store some furniture there because they aren’t being used.  But the truth of the matter is they are being used! If a fire were to happen you would want to know your fire doors will prevent the spread of fire and smoke from one room to the next.  You would also want to know that students as well as the faculty and staff have a quick and safe pathway out of the facility.  Keeping a fire door propped open or blocked keeps it from being able to function, and prevents building occupants from having a quick path to exit.

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