FIRE DOORS & DAMPER INSPECTIONS IN ST. PETERSBURG

What does a fire door and fire damper inspection consist of?

Servicing and inspecting fire doors & dampers in St. Petersburg, is one of our specialties.  Fire door & damper inspection services should not be taken lightly.

At Tampa Bay Safety we take pride in performing fire door inspections, and the inspection of fire dampers in St. Petersburg.  We send a certified tech who will inspect your fire doors and fire dampers as per the required life safety codes. Our fire door inspector will provide you with the correct documentation that is required by State licensing agencies and by the local Fire Marshal. The Inspection of fire doors, or fire dampers is to completed yearly for fire doors, and every four years for fire dampers outside of a hospital, and every six years for a hospital facility. a failure of doors or dampers can be catastrophic.

Please let one of our our techs be the ones to appropriately inspect and document your fire doors, and fire dampers for the safety of your business, hospital, health care facility, School and the like.

TBS has been servicing the Tampa Bay Area since 2008 and we guarantee our work. Tampa Bay Safety is Licensed and Insured for your protection.

Picture of fire doors ready to have an inspection.

Fire Door Inspection:

A fire door inspection consists of taking measurements of your fire door.  Measurements, along with other information, like the doors serial number, location and protection time, must be included on the door inspection form.  Fire doors are inspected to pass both visual and functional tests. For visual testing, we make sure the door is not damaged, and that it does not have holes.  There is also a check for missing hardware.  The door is then tested for functionality.  Doors must close in an appropriately amount of time, and if the door is held open by a magnet, it must release when the fire alarm is tripped.

These Fire door inspections are required annually by State Law.

It is very important to point out that there are several different types of fire doors:

• Roll Down
• Swing Type
• Guillotine
• Overhead
• Side Sliding
• Stage Fire Curtains and Doors

Fire damper being inspected.

Smoke Damper Inspections:

Dampers are usually located inside air conditioning and heating system duct work.  Fire dampers are sometimes called smoke dampers, in either case they should activate anytime there is smoke or fire detected inside the building, or the air duct system.  Some smoke dampers are connected directly to the fire alarm system and will close when the alarm system is activated.  Other fire or smoke dampers are tripped by using a fusible link.  A fusible link is a small piece of metal that will heat and burn away quickly if there is a fire, therefore causing the fire damper to close. Fire inspection for dampers should take place by a person who is well versed in these types of inspection practices.

Fire and smoke dampers are required to be tested when a building is new and every four years after that.