Technical Booklet E Fire Safety·Page 114·4.35
Fire door safety signage requirements
Fire doors must be marked with appropriate fire safety signs indicating whether they should be kept closed, kept locked, or held open by automatic release mechanism. Both sides must be marked except for cupboard and service duct doors. Certain doors are exempt from marking requirements.
All fire doors, other than those listed below, should be marked with an appropriate fire safety sign complying with BS 5499: Part 1 indicating whether the door is – (a) to be kept closed when not in use; (b) to be kept locked shut when not in use; or (c) held open by an automatic release mechanism. Signs should be provided on both sides of the door except for doors to cupboards and service ducts which should be marked on the outside only. The following fire doors do not require to be marked – (i) doors within dwellinghouses; (ii) doors to and within flats; (iii) bedroom doors in Purpose Group 2 buildings; and (iv) lift doors.
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