Meeting The Fire Door Compliance Challenge In Mental Health Facilities
- Lindsey Reynolds
- Jun 11
- 2 min read
If you are responsible for the maintenance and inspection of fire doors in a mental health facility, then you won't need reminding of the scale of the challenge.
Correctly installed and maintained fire doors are critical to the safety of patients and staff, but this environment is ultra-demanding in terms of need; ensuring compliance is equally so.
Facilities often span multiple buildings and may include a mix of old and newer infrastructure. High footfall areas and the need for enhanced anti-ligature and safety measures can complicate routine compliance tasks.
Time-pressured Estates teams frequently wrestle with competing priorities, resulting in incomplete or inefficient outcomes.
And that is where Protects Plus comes in. Our expert team of BM Trada-certified assessors undertakes a meticulous site audit to check that every fire door meets required legislation and also the degree to which recommended HBN and HTM best practice guidelines are being met.
Results are uploaded to the secure web-based Protects Plus portal, giving Estates & Facilities and all other stakeholders complete data visibility. The portal provides detailed asset information, including statuses, test results, and outstanding actions.
The combination of real-time data and reporting enables more efficient maintenance planning and evidence-based budget and investment planning.
"Our customers value being freed from the burden of ensuring every fire door has been thoroughly inspected to the most recent regulations and guidance and the peace of mind that brings them," says General Manager at Protects Plus, Greg Myatt.
"Fire doors typically fail more quickly in mental health facilities because of increased levels of patient abuse, making find and fix more demanding than other healthcare environments. With a single click, our customers can see what has been done and what remains outstanding, based on live app data from our teams, and plan accordingly. We also offer a Find & Fix service to identify and action remedial work.
Being able to drill down to details of every fire door but also see the bigger picture of their whole estate that eases the compliance management conundrum so many face today."
If you would like to learn more about how Protect Plus can help make fire door compliance management easier for you, then book a call with General Manager, Greg Myatt.
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