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2 Day Fire Doors, Doorsets & Fire Protection in a Healthcare Environment

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Fire Doors, Doorsets & Fire Protection in a Healthcare Environment

For QA Managers, Estates & facilities managers in hospitals/clinics, Fire safety officers and compliance teams, Contractors/installers working on fire doors/doorsets, Health & safety professionals with responsibilities for passive fire protection

A dedicated 2-day classroom and workshop course designed specifically with healthcare facilities in mind, covering inspection, maintenance, regulatory compliance and practical understanding of fire doors and doorsets in hospitals and similar environments.

Classroom teaching with hands-on workshops and practical scenario exercises. Aimed at estates teams, facilities managers, fire safety officers and contractors working in healthcare settings.

  • Comprehensive understanding of fire doors, doorsets and passive fire protection in healthcare environments
  • Healthcare-specific legislation and guidance, including HTM 05-02 and relevant British Standards.
  • Inspection, testing, maintenance and common failure points in hospitals and care settings
  • Fire door design, installation principles and certification requirements
  • Practical case studies focused on wards, corridors, theatres and plant areas
  • Roles, responsibilities and competency requirements for estates, facilities and fire safety teams

Overview

What You’ll Learn

Fundamental principles of passive fire protection and how fire doors contribute to overall hospital fire safety strategy.
Healthcare-specific guidance on fire doors, including regulatory context, risk assessment and compliance.
How to inspect, test and maintain fire doors and frames to identify defects and prioritise remedial actions.
Common failures and risk factors in hospital and clinical environments, and how to manage them.
Roles and responsibilities of fire safety, estates and facilities teams in ongoing fire door management.
Practical examples, case studies or workshops to apply learning to real-world healthcare scenarios.

Principles of fire safety, fire behaviour, and why passive fire protection is critical in hospitals and care settings.
Overview of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, HTM 05-02, relevant Approved Documents and British Standards.
How fire doors work, fire resistance ratings, smoke control, integrity, insulation and door classification.
Frames, leaves, hinges, seals, glazing, ironmongery and the impact of incorrect specification or installation.
Fire door certification, test evidence, labeling, CE/UKCA marking and the importance of third-party accreditation.
Correct installation methods, tolerances, gaps, fixings and interfaces with walls and fire-stopping systems.
Routine inspections, inspection frequency, record-keeping, reporting defects and managing remedial works.
Typical defects found in wards, corridors, theatres and plant rooms, including real enforcement examples.
The role of fire doors in compartmentation, evacuation strategies and patient safety in healthcare buildings.
Healthcare-specific case studies, lessons learned, roles and responsibilities, and competency expectations.

Overview

This 2-day course focuses on fire doors, doorsets and passive fire protection within healthcare environments. It provides practical and regulatory guidance to help delegates manage, inspect and maintain fire doors in hospitals, clinics and care facilities.

Unlike general fire door courses, this programme is tailored to the unique challenges of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. It addresses patient safety, ward layouts, theatres, and corridors where fire doors play a critical role in compartmentation and progressive horizontal evacuation.
Yes. You’ll learn what to look for, how to spot early-stage defects, and how to record issues clearly so they can be actioned quickly on site.
Yes. The course covers relevant fire safety regulations including the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, HTM 05‑02, NHS Technical Memoranda, and applicable British Standards.
Yes. The course can be delivered for private groups at our centre or at your organisation (subject to minimum numbers).

5.0

Rated 5 out of 3 Ratings

Course Breakdown

  • Max Learners : 12
  • Duration : 2 Days (18 Hours)
  • Lectures : 12
  • Categories: Healthcare
  • Tags: NHS, Fire safety
  • ACQP CPD Hours: 18
  • Delivery:Training Centre or In House
ACQP Members:£399
Non Members:£499
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