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News Release from: Fireco | Subject: Dorgards
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 February 2008
Dorgards from Fireco safeguard NHS Trust
property
A NHS Trust has purchased over 300 Dorgards for fitting to fire doors throughout their hospital wards, health centres, community homes, and bungalows for people living with learning disabilities.
Dorgards chosen by North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust to safeguard hospital wards, health centres and community homes Combined Healthcare has six hospitals and 30 properties
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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On hospital wards, wireless Dorgards enhance the automatic fire alarm system's operation of principal doors by helping access with no compromise of fire safety.
For subsidiary doors such as those for ward management and storerooms, the Dorgards help prevent the 'wedged fire door hazard'.
Wireless Dorgard from Fireco offers the safest, most cost-effective way of legally holding open fire doors at any angle in any environment, listening for the fire alarm and automatically releasing the fire door should the fire alarm sound.
Fitted in minutes with no wiring required, Dorgard complies fully with all relevant British Standards, EC Directives and UK Fire Regulations.
With more than 250,000 Dorgards installed across the UK alone, the Dorgard range is now accepted as the solution to the illegally wedged open fire door problem, in any environment.
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