Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: fire doors
How to conduct routine checks on fire doors and provide information to residents.
- From:
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Home Office
- Published
- 19 January 2023
- Last updated
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Fire Safetydoors (England)checklist Regulations 2022: fire door guidance(accessible)
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Fire doors checklist
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Details
This guide is aimed at Responsible Persons carrying out simple checks uponon a fire door.
It is based on the assumption that the fire risk assessment has already assessed the suitability of the fire doors.
This guide has been published by the Secretary of State under Article 50 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) to assisthelp responsibleResponsible personsPersons in meeting their duties under the FSO.
The PDF version of the ‘Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: fire door guidance’ is in the process of being updated. Please use the accessible HTML version of the guide until the updated PDF version is available.
Updates to this page
Published 19 January 2023
Last updated 258 OctoberAugust 2023
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2025-08-08 09:00
Fire door guidance: Added new foreword, amended text in sections 2.4, 6.7, and box at the end of the guidance.Fire doors checklist: Added clarification to strips and seals point.
2023-10-25 13:46
Added pdf version of ‘Fire Safety (England)’.
2023-10-05 09:14
Updated the fire door checklist document.
2023-07-24 16:43
The guidance on flat entrance doors has been amended.
2023-07-20 14:32
Added 2 paragraphs to the start of the guide.
2023-02-28 14:05
Added new images to the guidance.
2023-02-15 14:49
Removed images as not needed.
2023-01-19 13:32
First published.
Fire Safetydoors (England)checklist Regulations 2022: fire door guidance(accessible)
PDFHTML, 561 KB, 16 pages
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
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Fire doors checklist
ODT, 13.213.6 KB
This file is in an OpenDocument format
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
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Details
This guide is aimed at Responsible Persons carrying out simple checks uponon a fire door.
It is based on the assumption that the fire risk assessment has already assessed the suitability of the fire doors.
This guide has been published by the Secretary of State under Article 50 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) to assisthelp responsibleResponsible personsPersons in meeting their duties under the FSO.
The PDF version of the ‘Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: fire door guidance’ is in the process of being updated. Please use the accessible HTML version of the guide until the updated PDF version is available.
Updates to this page
Published 19 January 2023
Last updated 258 OctoberAugust 2023
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Update history
2025-08-08 09:00
Fire door guidance: Added new foreword, amended text in sections 2.4, 6.7, and box at the end of the guidance.Fire doors checklist: Added clarification to strips and seals point.
2023-10-25 13:46
Added pdf version of ‘Fire Safety (England)’.
2023-10-05 09:14
Updated the fire door checklist document.
2023-07-24 16:43
The guidance on flat entrance doors has been amended.
2023-07-20 14:32
Added 2 paragraphs to the start of the guide.
2023-02-28 14:05
Added new images to the guidance.
2023-02-15 14:49
Removed images as not needed.
2023-01-19 13:32
First published.
Details
This guide is aimed at Responsible Persons carrying out simple checks uponon a fire door.
It is based on the assumption that the fire risk assessment has already assessed the suitability of the fire doors.
This guide has been published by the Secretary of State under Article 50 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) to assisthelp responsibleResponsible personsPersons in meeting their duties under the FSO.
The PDF version of the ‘Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: fire door guidance’ is in the process of being updated. Please use the accessible HTML version of the guide until the updated PDF version is available.
Updates to this page
Sign up for emails or print this page
Update history
2025-08-08 09:00
Fire door guidance: Added new foreword, amended text in sections 2.4, 6.7, and box at the end of the guidance.Fire doors checklist: Added clarification to strips and seals point.
2023-10-25 13:46
Added pdf version of ‘Fire Safety (England)’.
2023-10-05 09:14
Updated the fire door checklist document.
2023-07-24 16:43
The guidance on flat entrance doors has been amended.
2023-07-20 14:32
Added 2 paragraphs to the start of the guide.
2023-02-28 14:05
Added new images to the guidance.
2023-02-15 14:49
Removed images as not needed.
2023-01-19 13:32
First published.