Plain guidance on fire safety
Short articles for the people who look after buildings.
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Landlords
Checking a shared hallway: a ten-minute list
A shared hallway should be an empty one, and ten minutes on foot will tell you whether yours is.
Landlords
A house with several tenants: what changes
When unrelated people share a house, the fire risks change in ways a family home does not show.
Workplaces
The five-minute weekly fire walk
A short, regular walk round a small workplace catches most of what an assessment finds, before it grows.
Schools and care
Getting everyone out who cannot use the stairs
Some people cannot use stairs in a hurry, and a good plan decides in advance who helps them and where they wait.
Fire doors
Five checks on a fire door
You do not need tools to spot most fire door faults, only a minute and a willingness to let go of the handle.
Fire doors
Wedges, hooks and bins: how doors get held open
Almost nobody wedges a door open because they do not care, and the reason is usually the thing to fix.
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