Westwood Security’s 4 hour rated fire resistant roller shutters doors can be provided to integrate with your buildings fire prevention system or as automated stand alone systems.
We only manufacture install and maintain fire shutter doors that comply with the Exova Warrington Fire Research meeting the stringent requirements of insurance companies and ensuring your fire resistant roller shutter doors are effective and safe in use.
Please note that we manufacture Single and Twin Skin Lath Fire Rated Roller Shutters tested to Exova Fire and Safety BSEN 1634-1 and providing up to 4 Hours of fire resistance. The Double Skin Insulated Lath offers additional heat radiation protection.
Also we have many years experience exporting roller shutter worldwide. We welcome your enquires are are happy to give you are technical support.
As part of our ongoing commitment to provide clients with a complete range of security options, we are now able to offer Fire Curtains and Smoke Curtains. Please call for details.
Legislation for Fire Shutters.
Current UK fire safety legislation; introduced in 2006, has changed the way buildings are assessed for fire safety requirements. The identification and management of fire safety through a ‘risk assessment’ approach has replaced the prescriptive method of compliance and fire certificates.
Buildings owners/occupiers, managers, employers and landlords are now responsible for ensuring a suitable and sufficient fire risk assessment has been carried out and in most cases documented. Fire risk assessments must be completed by the Responsible Person/Duty Holder or another competent person.
In carrying out a risk assessment, however, the responsible person may decide that, given the nature of the premises or the people involved, they do not have the necessary competence to discharge their duties under the FSO. In that case, they could choose to appoint one or more ’competent’ persons to assist him/her.
Please feel welcome to contact us over any matter that may occur to you. We are a friendly, approachable company and are more than willing to to help in any way.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
Things you should know and consider about Industrial Doors and Shutters relating to Health and Safety.
The Health and Safety Executive define:
1) All doors and shutters as part of the workplace.
2) Powered doors and shutters as ‘Work Equipment’ and ‘ Machinery’
3) Fire doors and shutters as ‘Fire Fighting Equipment’
Person or persons can be convicted if found to contravene the legislations.
1) WORKPLACE (HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE) REGULATIONS 1992 Regulation 5:
Relates to the maintenance of the workplace and equipment and it states:
“The workplace and the equipment, devices and systems to which this regulation applies shall be maintained in an efficient working order and in good repair.”
This applies to all your doors and shutters.
“Certain equipment (specifically POWER OPERATED HOODS) shall be subject to a suitable maintenance system”
A recent communication received from the Health and Safety Executive:
The legal position on the provision of anti-fall devices to upward opening doors (or gates) is thus clear. Providing the Primary anti-fall back device (such as a counter balance spring) is effective in achieving the function required of it by regulation 18(2)(b), then the employer will have met his duty under WPR. Should such a door fall back following the failure of the counter balance spring (for example) the HSE would not seek to prosecute the employer providing that he could demonstrate that he had taken all the reasonable steps to prevent this failure. Such steps would be the implementation and operation of a proper maintenance regime for the primary anti-fall back device.
2) PROVISIONS AND USE OF WORK EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS 1992
Regulation 6 (applicable from 1st January 1993 states:
“Every employer shall ensure that work equipment is maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and good repair.”
“Each employer shall ensure that where any machinery has a maintenance log and the log is kept up to date.”
3) FIRE PRECAUTIONS (WORKPLACE) REGULATIONS 1197
Regulation 6 (which applies from 1st December 1997) states:
“Where necessary in order to safeguard the safety of employees in case of fire, the workplace and any equipment and devices provided in respect of the workplace under regulations 4 and 5 (fire fighting equipment, emergency routes and exits) shall be subject to a suitable maintenance and to be maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and in good repair”
At Westwood Security we can carry out free of charge an inspection of your premises and provide you with a quotation for a programme of maintenance and expert appraisal of the current state of your doors and shutters, to ensure you do not contravene the Regulations.
INSURANCE
We recognise our responsibilities and therefore carry full insurance cover for the work we provide, this includes:-
Employer Liability
Public/Products Liability.
Risk and method statements are available on request.
A detailed copy is available on request
Westwood Security Roller Doors are the perfect Security Shutters for Shop Shutters and other commercial applications. We also supply Fire Rated Shutters at competitive prices.
