FOI Request 2306

Subject: Fire Door Failures

Status: In Progress

Date received: February 2026

Question Asked:

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information covering the financial year 2024/25.

Please provide the following information for your Fire and Rescue Service area.

1. Fire door-related failures

The number of fire safety inspections carried out under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 where the outcome recorded included non-compliance specifically due to deficiencies relating to fire doors.

For the purposes of this request, a fire-door related failure should be counted where any non-compliant building had fire doors recorded as either the primary reason for non-compliance, or a contributing factor to non-compliance.

Fire door non-compliance should be understood to include (but not be limited to): inadequate fire resistance of fire doors, damaged, poorly fitting, or incorrectly installed fire doors, missing, defective, or disabled self-closing devices, missing or defective intumescent or smoke seals, inappropriate fire door specification for the location, inadequate maintenance of fire doors.

2. Reasons for fire door failures

Based on inspection records, enforcement records, or deficiency categories held, the five most frequently recorded reasons for fire door-related non-compliance during the timeframe above.

Please base this response only on existing recorded categories or descriptions used by your service, and not on new analysis or interpretation.

3. Building types affected

Based on inspection or enforcement records, the five most common building types in which fire door-related non-compliance was recorded during the timeframe above. If building types are categorised by your service (for example, residential, care homes, commercial, educational, etc.), please use the categories already recorded.

If your service does not record inspection outcomes in a way that allows the above numbers to be provided exactly, please supply the closest equivalent figure held and briefly explain how it differs from the request.

Our Response:

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