The requirement for documented record keeping of the inspection and maintenance to fire doors

Donnelly, Tony (2014) The requirement for documented record keeping of the inspection and maintenance to fire doors. Bachelors thesis, Dundalk Institute of Technology.

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Abstract

Fire is recognised as the single biggest risk to life within our public buildings, but for reasons that cannot be reasonably established, successive Irish Governments have adopted a reactionary role to Fire Safety. The Fire Services Act was introduced after the single largest loss of life by fire in this country – The Stardust Disaster of 1981 - in which forty-eight young people lost their lives as the result of a sequence of errors and oversights in fire safety. England has altered how they deal with Fire Safety, taking a more proactive approach with the introduction of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. This Order assimilated their entire assorted legislation into one, while placing the onus on the building owners to assess their premises for fire safety The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the apparent disregard that businesses and the public in general have towards fire doors, their maintenance and repair. An extensive review of literature and legislation was undertaken in the preparation of this dissertation, as well as investigating England’s attitude towards fire safety for use as a measurable comparison. To help prove or disprove the hypothesis, a questionnaire survey was undertaken with different professional organisations and their experiences with fire doors. This dissertation has found that, in relation to the inspection and maintenance of fire doors, the current legislative framework is inappropriate and unenforced. The lack of knowledge generally towards the true function of fire doors is frightening and transgressions are evident everywhere. However this paper also concedes that for a more complete picture, greater in-depth analysis of actual business and organisation policies is required.

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelors)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Fire safety; Stardust disaster 1981; Fire Services Act.
Subjects:	Engineering
Research Centres:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Sean McGreal
Date Deposited:	31 Jul 2015 08:50
Last Modified:	31 Jul 2015 08:50
URI:	https://eprints.dkit.ie/id/eprint/441

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