Building Your Business with CCPIA® is a monthly video and podcast series featuring leading voices in the commercial property inspection industry. Each episode delivers insight and guidance while breaking down key trends and educational topics.
AUGUST 11, 2025 — Learn why fire door inspections matter for commercial property safety and liability.
In this episode, host Rob Claus welcomes special guest Lori Greene, Manager of Codes and Resources for Allegion. With nearly 40 years in the door and hardware industry, Lori is the industry’s foremost expert on fire doors and fire door assemblies. Allegion is a global security company with approximately 40 brands, including the well-known Schlage brand.
- Fire Door Fundamentals: Fire doors are different from regular doors. Learn how the entire assembly must work together as a life safety system.
- Identification and Compliance: Learn how to spot fire doors in the field and hear surprising insights about where labeled doors actually belong (and don’t belong) in buildings.
- Real-World Impact: Hear Lori discuss tragic fires that demonstrate the deadly consequences of malfunctioning fire doors, including specific cases where small, containable fires led to multiple fatalities.
- Annual Inspection Requirements: NFPA 80 mandates annual fire door inspections, but who’s qualified to perform them? Lori shares eye-opening statistics about failure rates in the field that every inspector should know.
- Industry Resources: Checkout iDigHardware.com, Lori’s website that helped CCPIA® develop its online course for inspecting fire doors. It features inspection tools, training materials, and expert guidance for building professionals.
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