There are a lot of cases where smoke inhalation proves to be fatal. Sometimes escaping the fire is not enough – you also need to minimize your smoke inhalation. Smoke will incapacitate people from escaping in a timely and orderly fashion. If a fire does break out on the premises, a “responsible individual” has to shut the life-saving fire door so that other occupants can evacuate quickly. Here are some simple fire door checks to prevent smoke spread.

Good rated fire doors will be equipped with smoke seals. These strips are quite useful as they seal to close any gap in the fire door frame.