Fire doors, watched automatically.
Sensors confirm communal fire doors are closing properly — continuously. The physical integrity inspection stays a human job; the thing that fails between inspections is watched around the clock.
Three problems that disappear
Propped doors flagged same-hour
A wedged or failing door is normally found at the next quarterly check. The sensor flags it the hour it happens.
Inspections arrive informed
The quarterly inspection still happens — but it arrives with a closure history attached, so effort goes where the risk is.
Evidence that stands up
Closure events are written at the device and sealed — a record aligned to reg. 10, not a camera roll.
What it does for each of them
Accountable Person (HRBs)
- Reg. 10 duties evidenced continuously across the block
- The door that's failed since last quarter can't hide
- Disclosure-ready closure history for the regulator
Property manager / managing agent
- Fewer blanket walk-rounds — exceptions only
- Residents propping doors caught early, addressed with evidence
- Quarterly inspection packs generate themselves
Social housing operations
- Door assurance at stock scale, without stock-scale walking
- A defensible record when complaints or claims arrive
- Contractor visits targeted at doors that actually failed
Care & supported living manager
- Compartmentation watched where residents can't self-evacuate
- CQC-visible assurance, any day of the year
- No disruption to residents from routine checking
Standards: Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022, reg. 10 · physical integrity inspection remains a competent-person task