Fire doors

Summary

The requester asked for the number of prosecutions regarding fire door maintenance failures in the last 10 years and since 2014 regulations. The Department of Home Affairs clarified the scope and disclosed that six separate prosecutions involved issues with fire doors.

Key Facts

• The request was received on 2018-03-08 and responded to on 2018-03-15.
• The original request was clarified via phone and email to focus on prosecutions relating to the fitting and maintenance of fire doors.
• Six separate prosecutions were identified involving fire door issues.
• Specific issues cited included fire door locks, lack of maintenance, doors not closing into rebates, detached hinges, and doors wedged open.
• The authority noted that court cases regarding these prosecutions are open to the public.

Data Disclosed

• 2018-03-08
• 2018-03-15
• 2014
• 10 years
• 6
• IM123948I

Original Request

How many people have been prosecuted for failing to ensure FIRE DOOR SETS within their responsibility have been inspected and or adequately maintained in (a) the last 10 years (b) since the 2014 IOM Building regulation's came into force.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

REFERENCE NUMBER:IM123948I March 14th 2018 REQUEST UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2015 (“the Act”) Thank you for your request dated March 8th 2018.
Your request You asked for;

How many people have been prosecuted for failing to ensure FIRE DOOR SETS within their responsibility have been inspected and or adequately maintained in (a) the last 10 years (b) since the 2014 IOM Building regulation's came into force.

In order to clarify your request I contacted you by phone and also email. Following these discussions it was agreed that the wording used would be as follows; How many people have been prosecuted for issues relating to the fitting and maintenance of fire doors;

Response to your request

            Reference prosecutions and the above question I would highlight the following

separate fire door related prosecutions (within wider prosecutions)

• Fire door lock
• Fire door not maintained
• Fire door not closing into its rebate
• Fire door not closing due to hinges becoming detached
• Fire Door wedged open
• 2 fire doors not closing into their rebates.

So six separate prosecutions involved issues with fire doors

Chief Executive’s Office DHA Headquarters Tromode Douglas, ISLE OF MAN IM2 5AP Telephone: (01624) 694313 Fax: (01624) 621298 Web address: www@gov.im/dha Email: GeneralEnquiries.DHA@dha.gov.im

Department of Home Affairs Rheynn Cooishyn Sthie In providing this answer and in an attempt to advise and assist you I would alert you to the fact that Court cases, where these prosecutions are heard, are open to the public so information regarding prosecutions are usually already available to the public.

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