Fire Door Inspections and Drop Tests
Fire Door Inspections and Drop Tests are required on an annual basis to demonstrate proper operation, full closure, and proper reset. Both visual and operational checks are required along with strict reporting requirements. Spectrum Facility Solutions LLC will test your doors, send you reminders, and keep documentation of testing and recommendations on file for your convenience. We want to help business owners and building managers maintain exceptional operations at all times.
Rolling Fire Door Inspections and Drop Tests
Keep your garage door in compliance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Spectrum Facility Solutions LLC can perform inspections on your fire doors to ensure all requirements are appropriately met. NFPA standards require building owners and managers to have their fire doors inspected and tested annually and to maintain written documentation of such inspections.
Fire Door Inspections – Our Process
Our factory-trained and certified technicians perform the visual and operational inspection, testing, and certification of your facility’s fire doors. Once we determine your fire door complies, a “Fire Door Certification Tag” is attached to each door indicating the date the fire door was inspected, tested, and passed.
A copy of your Rolling Fire Door Inspection and Drop Test results are kept in our company’s records in case of an emergency or any compliance questions. We will then give you a courtesy call once a year to schedule your Rolling Fire Door Inspection and Drop Test service to ensure your fire doors comply with NFPA 80 and remain in good working order.
Visual Inspection:
Ensure Proper Installation
- Attachment to jambs and proper bolts, washers, and expansion anchors are as required.
- Curtain, barrel, and guides are aligned, level, and true.
- Expansion clearance.
- Fusible link locations.
Check for Damaged, Incorrect, or Missing Parts
- Slats – bent slats, cracked beads, holes, and torn ends.
- End Locks – missing, broken, bent or loose.
- Bottom Bar – bent angles, loose bolts, correct starter slat.
- Guide Assembly – bent guides, loose bolts, missing fiber washers, and bell mouths.
- Hood and Flame Baffle – bent, dented, rubbing, curtain, holes, tears, attachment to the wall, intermediate supports.
- Brackets and Operating Mechanism – worn, misaligned, or badly meshed gears, broken sprockets, or bent drive and spring shafts.
- Automatic Closing and Governor Assemblies – drop or release arms tied, blocked or jammed.
- Fusible Links – sash chain, S-hooks, eyes not painted, coated with dust or grease, kinked or pinched, twisted and no longer flexible, raceways are clear and free from obstruction.
*Fusible links are recommended to be replaced annually. The date stamp on the link shall be used to determine the annual replacement.
Ancillary Equipment
- Smoke detectors/release devices – check batteries annually.
- Control Panel – Check all functions.
- Miscellaneous other equipment should be checked for proper operation
Operational Inspection
- Operation of the door is normal in the full range of motion, up and down, and ease of operation.
- Spring tension is correct.
- Free movement of the curtain guides.
Fire Door Drop Test
- Please Note: If any component of the door and the installation listed above do not pass the inspection, they must be replaced or fixed before conducting the Drop Test!
- Clear area around and on both sides of the door being tested.
- Only personnel allowed in the area of the fire door being tested are those conducting the test. Post personnel on both sides of the door so no one enters the area!
- Drop Test per manufacturer’s written instructions.
- Speed of the curtain during the test must fall at least 6″ per second and not more than 24″ per second. (ie, a 10-foot-tall fire door must fall between 6″ per second = 20 seconds & 24″ per second = 5 seconds)
- Full closure of the curtain with the bottom bar resting on the sill or floor within the allowed time frame.
- Reset fire door per manufacturer’s written instructions.
- Drop test the fire door one more time, same as above, to demonstrate resetting of the fire door was properly conducted.
- Reset fire door per manufacturer’s written instructions. The Drop Test is now complete and the door should be in proper working condition.
We Provide:
- A written Rolling Fire Door Inspection Report.
- A “Fire Door Certification Tag” is attached to each tested fire door indicating the date the fire door was inspected, tested and passed.
- A copy of your Rolling Fire Door Inspection and Drop Test Results are kept in our company’s records in case of an emergency or any compliance questions.
*Note: Ultimately acceptance of a fire door is the decision of the authority having jurisdiction as defined by NFPA 80. NFPA 80 defines the AHJ as the organization, office, or individual responsible for approving equipment, an installation or a procedure.
Code administration, final code interpretation, and final product approval fall under the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). Building code officials, Fire Marshals, and state or federal government officials may be AHJs.
Construction Services to Maximize Safety & Efficiency
We provide construction and building services from all phases of the design and construction process to maintaining and improving facilities. Specialty repair work includes saw cut/demo concrete and asphalt, placing and finishing all concrete, carbon fiber concrete reinforcement, specialized waterproofing systems, deck coatings, loading dock equipment repair/ installation, and installation of material lifts.
Pit Construction
We specialize in complete dock leveler pit construction. From start to finish, we are able to handle any pit construction your facility may need. We are able to construct new dock leveler pits from scratch as well as repair current dock pits.
Concrete Cutting
We provide concrete cutting and coring services for projects of all sizes, from large industrial projects to small commercial jobs. Our construction services include walls, floors, foundations, slabs, and curbs as well as concrete that is hard to reach and reinforced concrete.
Bollard Repair or Installation
Core drilling bollards are the safest way and most secure way to install a bollard into concrete surfaces. These installations provide maximum security and ensure the bollards cannot be tampered with as they are a solid installation.
Loading Dock Repair
Loading Dock repairs for dock equipment are fairly common because they are high-traffic, weight-bearing areas. The constant use of forklifts and pallet jacks cause wear and damage to the dock area and directly affect safety and productivity.
Repair & Replacement Services:
Some of the repairs and replacement services we offer include:
- Loading dock repair
- Dock seal replacement
- Loading dock door repair
- Dock leveler repair
- Loading dock bumper repair
- Pit leveler repair
- Edge dock repair
Every part of loading dock equipment, from a repair to an annual maintenance service, is essential to ensure safety and the danger of downtime if damaged or degraded.
Call us at (480) 764-4255
Spectrum Facility Solutions, Commercial Doors – 3017 N Maple, Mesa, AZ 85215
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