Fire Door Safety Week 2026 webinars
Find out more about our series of FREE webinars taking place for FDSW 2026. These are open for anyone to attend and cover a wide range of informative and educational presentations on fire door safety.
Monday 21st September 2026
Title: Fire doors, the Construction Products Regulation and the General Safety Requirement.
Presenter: Kevin Underwood, BWF Technical Director
Time: 14.30 – 15.30
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Tuesday 22nd September 2026
Title: Fire Door Test with Live Commentary
Summary: Three identical-looking fire doors – does that mean they will all perform to expectations when subjected to a fire test? This session, led by UKTC’s Fire Resistance Technical Team, will demonstrate what happens during a fire resistance test.
Topics covered will include the differences between BS & EN testing, the failure criteria for fire doors during a test and why fire testing is crucial for manufacturers and specifiers.
Presenter: UKTC
Time: 11.00 – 12.00
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Title: Raising Standards Across the Built Environment: Inside SLG 10, the Super Sectors Programme, andCompetence for Fire Door Installers.
Summary:
Join this webinar to hear how the Industry Competence Steering Group (ICSG) is driving critical improvements in safety, competence, and accountability across the UK built environment following the Grenfell Tower disaster. Operating under the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), the ICSG brings together over 60 professional bodies to raise standards across the full building lifecycle—from product selection and installation through to maintenance and occupation.
A central focus will be Sector-Led Group 10 (SLG 10), the “Super Sectors” programme responsible for installation, maintenance, and retrofit. SLG 10 is developing clear, structured competence frameworks for millions of tradespeople, including those working in interiors and fire stopping, where fire door installation sits.
Presenter: Faye Burnett, Programme Director
Time: 14.30 – 15.30
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Wednesday 23rd September
Title: When should a fire door be replaced?
Summary: In this webinar FDIS will be exploring when a fire door inspector should recommend for a fire door to be replaced, or when remediation advice would be more appropriate.
Presenter: Andrew Sayer, Lead Assessor and Louise Halton, Scheme Manager- FDIS
Time: 14.30 – 15.30
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Thursday 24th September
Title: Fire Door Test with Live Commentary
Summary: Three identical-looking fire doors – does that mean they will all perform to expectations when subjected to a fire test? This session, led by UKTC’s Fire Resistance Technical Team, will demonstrate what happens during a fire resistance test.
Topics covered will include the differences between BS & EN testing, the failure criteria for fire doors during a test and why fire testing is crucial for manufacturers and specifiers.
Presenter: UKTC
Time: 14.30 – 15.30
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Friday 25th September
Title: Fire doors, sustainability, circularity and safety
Presenter: Kevin Underwood, BWF Technical Director
Time: 11.00 – 12.00
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E-Learning: An Introduction to Fire Doors
This online course provide learners with an introduction to fire doors, their component parts, how they save lives, and the impact of making alterations. At the end of the course, learners are provided with a BWF certificate of attendance.
The BWF Introduction to Fire Doors E-Learning course has been certified by the CPD Certification Service.
Fire Door Safety Week is an awareness campaign owned by the British Woodworking Federation. It seeks to increase the awareness and understanding of the critical role that fire doors play in protecting lives and property.