Guidance

Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: fire doors

How to conduct routine checks on fire doors and provide information to residents.

From:
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Home Office
Published
19 January 2023
Last updated
8 August 2025 — See all updates

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Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: fire door guidance (accessible)

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Fire doors checklist (accessible)

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Fire doors checklist

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This guide is aimed at Responsible Persons carrying out simple checks on a fire door.

It is based on the assumption that the fire risk assessment has already assessed the suitability of the fire doors.

This guide has been published by the Secretary of State under Article 50 of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) to help Responsible Persons in meeting their duties under the FSO.

The PDF version of the ‘Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022: fire door guidance’ is in the process of being updated. Please use the accessible HTML version of the guide until the updated PDF version is available.

Updates to this page

Published 19 January 2023
Last updated 8 August 2025 show all updates

  1. Fire door guidance: Added new foreword, amended text in sections 2.4, 6.7, and box at the end of the guidance. Fire doors checklist: Added clarification to strips and seals point.

  2. Added pdf version of 'Fire Safety (England)'.

  3. Updated the fire door checklist document.

  4. Clarified the Article 50 status of the guide.

  5. The guidance on flat entrance doors has been amended.

  6. Added 2 paragraphs to the start of the guide.

  7. Added new images to the guidance.

  8. Removed images as not needed.

  9. First published.

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