The horrendous fire at Grenfell Tower in June 2017 brought into sharp focus the need for awareness of fire door safety, and our priority is that your building and its occupants are safe, and that your fire doors meet UK regulatory standards.
As a team, we strive to offer the best quality service we possibly can, in everything we do. We are the most trusted collection of experts in the fire safety industry, and we work every day to both maintain and enhance that reputation.
Our work is fundamentally about safeguarding lives and property through practical fire door safety solutions. Our training and services are rooted in real-world scenarios, and we believe everyone deserves access to expert fire door protection. Committed to clarity, comprehensiveness and affordability, we offer our expertise nationwide.
Meet The FDC Team
Neil Ashdown
Joined the timber & joinery sector at 16 years old. Has experience ranging from timber yard operative and fire door fabricator to managing director of Certifire joinery company and manager of the Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS). Privileged to have worked with many skilled colleagues and grateful for that experience. A mine of information about timber fire doors.
Robin Harrison
Robin is our quality management and fire door testing expert. One of the most experienced guys you will ever meet when it comes to manufacturing quality and testing his experience is in demand from fire door manufacturers, installers and maintainers alike. The level of valuable feedback he gets from our training clients is a testament to his knowledge, experience and character.
Chris Doran
Timber & Joinery guy, man and boy. Experience on both subjects coming out of his ears from owning and managing timber merchant businesses as well as joinery production and installation too. Well known and appreciated by many construction companies for his years of service and now appreciated by clients for his diligence in inspecting fire doors and providing face to face training for fire door installers, maintainers and inspectors.
Mick Whelan
If Carlsberg ever become fire door inspectors Mick is their man. The most careful, detailed and diligent fire door inspector you will ever meet. A lifetime of experience in joinery and timber doors as a skilled joiner to fire door inspector extraordinaire and from a family of master craftsmen, Mick was one of the first in the UK to become a certificated fire door inspector and if there’s a worthwhile training course he’s done it. Quality and detail oozes out of his inspection reports.
Browse Courses:
Timber Fire Doors: Installation Training Module
This training package is intended for those who already have practical fire door installation skills, but require more information about the regulations surrounding timber-based fire doors. The training applies to both new and existing properties.
Timber Fire Doors: Maintenance Training Module
This training package is designed for those who require more information about how to properly maintain and repair fire doors in accordance with UK regulations. Delegates will be able to confidently comply with legislation surrounding timber-based fire doors.
Timber Fire Doors: Awareness Training Module
This training package is designed for those who have a caretaker role at a building. These delegates do not need to have technical fire door knowledge and skills, but will learn how to spot defects in fire doors and report them to the building manager.
Timber Fire Doors: Inspection Training Module
This training package is designed for those who inspect fire doors for their clients. Candidates are expected to have prior knowledge of timber doors and/or building safety. The course will equip delegates with the skills and knowledge to become professional fire door inspectors.
BWF Fire Door Installation Awareness: Two-Day Course
This course promotes awareness of appropriate fire door installation to construction and manufacturing industries. The course has been developed in collaboration between the National Open College Network (NOCN) and the British Woodworking Federation.
Practical Fire Door Installation Assessment
This is a hands-on practical assessment and provides an opportunity for those that have already attained the theory-based installation certificate to prove that they can correctly install a working timber-based fire door assembly.
Can I Certify a Fire Door?
Gain the knowledge and skills to certify timber-based fire doors with our expert-led course.
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