Q: What is the best way to educate Local AHJs and Fire & Building Officials about mandates for annual inspections of fire-rated door dssemblies?
A: Be the "Champion" in your area and bring the Foundation's work to your community.
Door Security & Safety Foundation's Local Champion Campaign
- Become licensed ambassadors advocating door security and safety in your area.
- Help advance the work of the Foundation by educating local fire service, code and healthcare officials, and building/facility management in your own community.
- Be in-the-know regarding Foundation activities that increase awareness.
About the Program:
- Door Security & Safety Foundation licenses an individual, subject to prequalifications and a signed license agreement.
- The cost is $500 and includes the course materials for one class with twenty attendees (20) or a $5,000 licensing fee for a 12-month agreement that includes unlimited number of classes and materials for 200 attendees.
For a list of program materials, click here.
Materials:
- Powerpoint® presentation with teacher notes (approximately 2-hour presentation)
- Copies of the AHJ's Guide: Swinging Fire Doors with Builders Hardware Annual Safety Inspection or The Owner's Guide: Swinging Fire Doors with Builders Hardware Annual Safety Inspections
- 8-steps of a simple inspection, sample FDAI form.
- Invitation template to send to attendees
- Checklist to prepare for and conduct the meeting
NOTE: Attendance that exceeds the prescribed attendee totals, require the purchase of additional copies of the AHJ's Guide: Swinging Fire Doors with Builders Hardware Annual Safety Inspection or The Owner's Guide: Swinging Fire Doors with Builders Hardware Annual Safety Inspections at $30 each.
Local Champion Campaign
The Door Security & Safety Foundation Local Champion Program was developed for companies and DHI Chapters to deliver fire door training to Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) and Facility Engineers to increase awareness and enforcement of codes mandating annual inspections of fire and egress door assemblies.
Based on NFPA 80, Standard for Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives (2007 edition), documented inspections for fire-rated door assemblies are required on an annual basis. States across the country are adopting the codes and standards as law.
The Foundation works to create awareness, specifically in the AHJ community, and provide education to help organizations better understand what to look for when approving a fire-rated opening. Partnering with members of the Door and Hardware Institute, The Foundation offers training sessions providing fire and building code officials with a better understanding of what to approve when they are asked to verify the inspection of a fire-rated opening.
The Foundation licenses and grants approval to an individual so that they are able to teach the class, Fire Rated Doors and Hardware – A Guide to Field Inspections. The class creates awareness of the importance of annual inspection of fire doors and doors of egress in all commercial buildings. Upon completion of this training, attendees are provided enough information to the so that they have a clear understanding of the level of knowledge needed to perform an inspection on a fire rated opening.
Individuals, licensed and approved by the Door Security & Safety Foundation, are able to lead efforts to bring fire door inspection enforcement training to local fire service, building/facility management, code and healthcare officials. What the Foundation does on a national level, can now be done at the local level, by qualified individuals. Ultimately, this advocacy effort helps increase awareness of this important initiative with larger audiences of interested parties.
To find out more information about becoming a licensed Door Security & Safety Foundation Local Champion, please phone or email Bill Johnson at 703.766.7039 or bjohnson@doorsecuritysafety.org