The latest Fire Door safety standards with Securefast Electro-Magnetic Locks

The recent tragic events at the Grenfell Tower flats in London has proven to be a real wake up call to everyone involved with the Fire, Safety and Access control market, prompting specifiers and installers to ensure that all the products supplied and fitted to fire doors are fully tested and installed in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions and that the products fully comply with the latest fire test procedures and building regulations standards.

Securefast are recognised as one of the UK’s leading providers of a comprehensive range of fire rated locking solutions all of which are fully tested to EN1634-1, for 30 minute and 60 minute timber fire doors. This testing includes the company’s range of Electro Magnetic locks that are specifically designed for internal doors that also operate as fire doors.

Securefast have not only fire tested their Electro Magnetic Lock range but have also had them tested by an independent test house to TS010:2016, which is a performance standard that ensures that there is a consistency in the holding force of the magnet and to give customers the confidence that the product does what is claimed by the manufacturer. These products all have a Declaration of Conformity which can be downloaded from the company website http://www.securefast.co.uk/technical/certificatio... under the section Electro-Magnetic Locks.