Adamport Fire Protection Specialists cover all aspects of passive fire inspections and fire door surveys for care homes, nursing homes, residential homes and hospices throughout the UK and Ireland.

Fire safety in care homes is critically important, for both staff and residents. Due to staff shift patterns and often less staff on the premises at night, it’s essential that care home fire prevention measures and regular inspections are adhered to.

In the event of a fire outbreak in a care home, it is far more difficult and time consuming evacuating residents from the care home that have limited or no mobility which could result in serious injury or loss of life.

As of June 2017, the CQC (Care Quality Commission) has urged all care home providers in the UK to to re-examine their fire safety checks and procedures.

Some of the most common care home fire prevention breaches are:

• Poorly fitted fire doors or frames
• Fire door damage that has not been reported, due to lack of fire door inspections
• Lack of fire door maintenance
• Poorly fitted or maintained smoke seals

It is the care home owners legal responsibility, under both the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 and the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 to provide a safe environment for the vulnerable or critically ill.