Healthcare and Care Homes passive fire protection
Fire door inspections and repairs to HTM 05-02, fire stopping and compartmentation surveys for hospitals, clinics and care homes.
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Passive fire protection for healthcare and care homes
In a hospital or care home, most people cannot leave the building quickly in a fire. Evacuation strategies rely on moving residents and patients horizontally into the next fire compartment and holding them there, which only works if the doors and walls between compartments actually perform. TECS carries out fire door and fire stopping work for care home groups, NHS trusts, private hospitals, GP federations and hospices across London, the South East, East Anglia and the East Midlands.
Clinical and care environments need a different way of working. We plan around ward routines, mealtimes and medication rounds, follow infection prevention and control requirements, use dust containment where ceilings are opened, and keep compartments protected throughout the works with temporary measures agreed with the fire safety adviser.
What the standards require
The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to every healthcare and care premises, with the provider as Responsible Person. NHS estates follow the Firecode suite, in particular HTM 05-02 for design and HTM 05-03 for operational fire safety, which set out compartmentation and fire door requirements for progressive horizontal evacuation. Care homes are inspected by the Care Quality Commission under Regulations 12 and 15, which cover safe care and safe premises, and fire doors wedged open or failing to close are among the most common findings. Our guide to fire safety responsibilities sets out who holds each duty.
Typical scope in healthcare
Fire door survey of ward, corridor, bedroom, cross-corridor and plant room doors with pass, fail and advisory ratings
Repairs to closers, hold-open devices linked to the fire alarm, seals, hinges, vision panels and anti-ligature ironmongery where specified
Replacement FD30s and FD60s doorsets, including wide leaf and double-action doors for bed and trolley access
Compartmentation surveys above ceilings and in risers, service corridors and plant rooms, mapped to the evacuation compartments
Fire stopping of medical gas, data, electrical and mechanical penetrations with tested systems
Planned maintenance across multi-home groups with a single OneTrace record per site
Working in live clinical environments
Every operative is DBS checked and inducted to the site’s safeguarding, infection control and permit-to-work procedures. We agree a sequence of work with the home manager or estates team, protect each compartment while it is open, and confirm doors and fire stopping are complete before the compartment is handed back to use.
Services healthcare clients use most
Fire door inspections, fire door repairs, fire door installation, compartmentation surveys, fire stopping and planned maintenance.
Why compartmentation matters most here
Read what fire stopping is and why it matters and what to expect from a compartmentation survey for how we identify and close the breaches that undermine a stay-put or horizontal evacuation strategy.
Every door and seal recorded
Every door and penetration is recorded in OneTrace with photographs, product data and a pass or fail status, giving the Responsible Person, the fire safety adviser and CQC or trust inspectors live evidence that compartmentation is being maintained.
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