Fire doors save lives: keeping your door closed will help keep you safe from fire and smoke.
- A fire can spread in less than three minutes, and the simple act of shutting a door can stop fire and smoke from spreading to other areas, especially hallways and stairs in apartment buildings.
- Your unit’s front door is a fire door, which is a door with a fire resistance rating (or a fire protection rating). It has been designed to reduce the spread of fire and smoke between separate areas of a building to give you and your family more time to escape during a fire.
- Do not prop your unit or the building’s door open for any reason. In the event of a fire, smoke and flames spread quickly and keeping doors closed can save your life.
- Doors leading to stairwells must be kept closed at all times to prevent the spread of smoke and fire.
- If you are fleeing a fire in your home or apartment, remember to close the door to reduce the spread of fire that will threaten other occupants as well as your possibility of safe escape.