Be Competent, Be Compliant, Inspect now

Pro-Tect Ltd provide a full and comprehensive fire door surveying service for all new and existing fire door installations.
Our aim is to provide customers with the knowledge that the environment in which they work, is safe from the spread of fire.

What are your responsiblities?

Office environments are changing. Who is responsible for the safety and wellbeing of the souls within a particular demise. That might be you. Under the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order (2005) the responsibility for maintaining fire safety in non-domestic buildings falls to the Responsible Person. In an enquiry, they will look to the responsible person in charge. That might be the landlord, the building manager, the company owner, the office manager, the facilities manger and so on. If you are…

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Keeping it safe

For years, weak and fragmented legislation, combined with poor skills and control in construction and maintenance have undermined installation and failed to address inadequacies in inspection and maintenance regimes. We believe that there is a very deep-rooted problem and that many fire doors would struggle to halt the spread of major fire. Through the Fire Door Scheme (BWF Certifire), Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) and the Fire Door Safety Week campaign, it has raised a lot of important…

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The final review is coming • February 13, 2019

Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: final report The review’s final report which was commissioned by government following the Grenfell Tower fire to make recommendations on the future regulatory system. We at Pro-Tect Ltd are waiting to see what will be said within this final review from Dame Judith Hackett. We are expecting a full shake up of the system putting much more…

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2,000 failing Grenfell fire doors still in use in Brighton and Hove • September 19, 2018

Brighton and Hove City Council stopped using the Manse Masterdor doors, which are a composite of either wood or metal with a fire-proof core, in 2010 and until last month, they had been replacing them as part of routine improvements. But this has now been halted while they wait for the Ministry of Housing, communities and local government to advise which replacements will meet tightened…

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Littlewoods fire: Flames rip through famous building in Liverpool • September 19, 2018

At least nine fire crews, supported by firefighters on three combined platform ladders, are tackling the blaze at the iconic 1930s building. About 40 per cent of the building is on fire, from the first floor upwards. A spokesman for Merseyside Fire and Rescue said 60 people called raising the alarm after the blaze broke out just before 8pm on Sunday. There have been been no reports of injuries…

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Grenfell Tower • August 28, 2018

Its been impossible to miss the coverage of one of the worst residential tragedies this country has ever witnessed. The loss of life at the Grenfell tower was almost incomprehensible. Blame is one thing, but we at Pro-tect Ltd are interested in making sure this NEVER happens again. Last month the public inquiry into the disaster revealed that the spread of the fire on June 14 was partly due to…

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