What the 2012 Life Safety Code® says about fire door inspections
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance, July 13, 2017
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For the most part, fire-rated door assemblies do operate as designed, but many surveyors seem to have the knack to find the ones that just do not close and latch properly. It seems that fire-rated doors become a challenge to maintain when the doors are traversed by service carts.
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