Door Industry Journal - Winter 2021

Also online at: www.dijonline.co.uk Since then SBD has made it a requirement from June 2022 that all fire-rated doorsets required by the UK Building Regulations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) with smoke control properties must be certified for security, fire and smoke control. This requires a ‘thresh detail’ that enables the doorset to comply with the Building Regulation maximum requirement for smoke leakage of 3m3/h/m. We asked one of our longest standing member companies, Russell Timber Technology, of Glasgow, which manufactures FD30s, E30sa and FD60s fire resistant doorsets ideal for both high-rise or low-rise apartment buildings and external deck access, for their assessment of the changing agenda of security requirements. They reported that they are already ‘ahead of the curve’ in terms of meeting all SBD requirements. Michael Luby, Sales Director, said: “The challenges around safety are crucial for everyone in the manufacturing and construction industry. We have been at the forefront of door and window manufacturing for more than 50 years, and our fire safety doors are industry renowned. “With one of the most comprehensive security and fire door product ranges on the market, we remain more committed than ever to saving lives and making homes better and safer places with the products that we provide.” In Scotland, which has its own legal framework and jurisdiction with The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 and The Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006, new fire safety laws are set to come into effect in February 2022. It means Scotland will become the first UK nation to require every home to have interlinked fire alarms to reduce the risk of injury or death – a Scottish response to Grenfell. As Michael Luby suggests, wouldn’t it be a positive outcome if the tragedy of Grenfell resulted in joined-up working around the UK? THE door industry journal winter 2021 Secured by Design Readers may be surprised to learn that among the nine Directors on our Police CPI Board we have five serving police officers in top roles in three of the four home nations. They are the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police; Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police; Assistant Commissioner of the City of London Police; Chief Constable of Gwent; and the Assistant Chief Constable of Police Scotland. Our Board Chair is Martin Hewitt who is also Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council. I mention this to underline not only how much Police Crime Prevention Initiatives (Police CPI) and its flagship initiative – Secured by Design (SBD) – is embedded in the Police Service, but also how much scope we have to be a catalyst to bring organisations together to reduce crime and create safer communities. In an interview we conducted with Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Gary Ritchie for publicity purposes prior to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, ACC Ritchie shared his thoughts about Police CPI and SBD. With specific responsibilities in Scotland for partnerships, prevention and community well-being, ACC Ritchie told us he is a ‘big fan’ of SBD because of its community focus and the important part it plays in preventing crime. The work SBD has been doing with architects, developers and local authority planners to introduce crime prevention into developments has been going on for as long as he’s been in the Police Service. “It’s been proven to work and brings benefits to communities as well as assists police forces,” he told us. On Police CPI, which runs eight other crime prevention initiatives, ACC Ritchie spoke about communities becoming more connected with new technology whilst society generally becomes less physically interactive. So, how do we turn the crime prevention principles that have served us so well architecturally and physically over the last 30 years to the ever-developing digital world? May be part of the answer is partnership working within an agreed national strategy. You can read the full interview here: https://bit.ly/SBD-COP26 Jon Cole, Chief Operating Officer Secured by Design A regular column by Jon Cole, Chief Operating Officer, Secured by Design, the official police security initiative, which has been delivering a wide range of crime prevention activities across the UK for over 30 years and operates a product-based police accreditation scheme for security-rated products. Jon Cole