DHF puts its weight behind Fire Door Safety Week 2022
Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) is once again demonstrating its continuing support for Fire Door Safety Week, a national safety awareness campaign that was first launched in 2013, and in response to a legacy of fire-door neglect. The campaign aims…
DHF announces Martin Keelagher as its newest Board Member
Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has announced that its newest Board Member is Director of Security Access Systems Ltd, and Chairman of DHF’s Automated Gate Group, Martin Keelagher. Following 18 months of unprecedented challenge, during which DHF has flourished as…
Door & Hardware Federation supports Fire Door Safety Week 2021
More than four years following the tragic fire in the Grenfell Tower, we are still waiting for the full legislative response from the government. While it is accepted that the public inquiry has yet to complete its work, are there…
DHF supports – and leads – at autumn fire, safety and security events
Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has announced it will be taking part in a number of key industry events in the autumn highlighting its continuing support for professionalism and raising standards across the fire, safety and security sectors. The federation’s…
DHF continues to support fire safety initiatives, four years since Grenfell
It has been four years since the Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed 72 lives. The inquiry is continuing, and the English building regulations are still largely unchanged. Many in the fire door industry, including the Door & Hardware Federation (DHF),…
‘Business as usual’ for Door & Hardware Federation amid COVID-19 challenge

Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) is keen to reiterate to its members and the wider industry that, despite the challenges faced by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s very much ‘business as usual’.  Just two weeks ago, the proactive Tamworth-based trade association…

Door and Hardware Federation (DHF) reflects upon 2019 as one of its most successful years

Tamworth-based trade association, the Door and Hardware Federation (DHF), is reflecting on what has been one of its most successful years to date.  In 2015, the pro-active federation had under 300 members on its books, but the past five years…

DHF publishes new document on changes to CE marking of fire and smoke resisting industrial doors

Tamworth-based trade association, DHF (Door & Hardware Federation), has published a new downloadable document for the industrial door sector, named Changes to CE marking of Fire and Smoke Resisting Industrial Doors.  The long-awaited publication reveals what is required, and is…

New building safety announcement upholds DHF’s fire safety crusade

Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) has welcomed the Ministerial Statement to the House, given by the then Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, James Brokenshire, in which he updated members on building safety.  In particular, he informed…

New ‘Commercial Department’ will support DHF’s continuing growth

DHF (Door & Hardware Federation) has announced the creation of a new Commercial Department, established to support the organisation’s on-going growth, and in particular, its training offering.  Marketing Manager, Patricia Sowsbery-Stevens, has been promoted to the post of Commercial Manager,…

‘Factory-prepared doorsets are the way forward’: DHF reacts following police investigation into Grenfell

DHF (Door & Hardware Federation) has re-issued its call for the use of factory-prepared doorsets in the wake of recent findings regarding the Grenfell tragedy.  It was reported last week that a police investigation has found a number of the…

The Door & Hardware Federation calls for UK Government to enforce the use of complete fire doorsets in the wake of Grenfell

Following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Door & Hardware Federation (dhf) is stressing the vital importance of compartmentation and the terrible risks of getting it wrong.  In a bid to prevent the spread of fires in multi-occupancy buildings such as…

New dhf ‘Best Practice Guide’ set to raise standards

dhf (Door & Hardware Federation) has published a new ‘Best Practice Guide’, which has been deemed an industry ‘must-read’.  Developed following detailed consultations with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), and using simple terms, the document is entitled Management of…