Door Safety Inspector (DSI) Training & Certification Class

Fire doors are specially engineered fire protective systems that have one job—preventing a fire from spreading; they must be kept in a constant state of readiness. Individuals performing NFPA 80’s door safety inspections need to have a working knowledge of the fire doors they inspect, as well as the code requirements affecting them. Door Safety Inspectors (DSI) exceed NFPA’s Qualified Person standard (for NFPA 80 and NFPA 105) and NFPA 101’s Knowledgeable Person standard for inspecting and testing egress and fire door assemblies.

In addition to covering the myriad code provisions and requirements for swinging egress and fire doors, this course teaches you The How of performing door safety inspections, especially when you are inspecting older existing doors (e.g., doors more than 25 years old).

To complete the class, students must pass the four-hour DSI Certification  proctored exam with a minimum score of eighty (80) percent.

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

1. Lookup and explain door-related requirements in NFPA 80, NFPA 101, and NFPA 105.
2. Describe how codes and standards apply to existing and older existing construction (e.g., egress and fire doors).
3. Correctly apply inspection and testing requirements to new, existing, and older existing doors.
4. Discuss the evolution of swinging fire doors over the past 75 years.
5. Explain Door Usage Types and Categories and Door Maintenance Priority Levels.
6. Recommend code-compliant repairs for fire-rated doors.
7. Assist facilities in their ongoing door maintenance programs.
8. Explain when field labeling of door frames, doors, and hardware components might be appropriate—and when it’s not.
9. Perform Acceptance Testing inspections.
10. Perform door safety inspections of swinging egress and fire-rated door assemblies.

Students receive the following materials:

• Door Safety’s Inspecting and Maintaining Swinging Doors Handbook (First edition)
• NPFA 80, Standard for Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives (2016 edition)
• NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, (2015 edition)
• NFPA 105, Standard for Smoke Door Assemblies and Other Opening Protectives (2016 edition)
• DSI Training & Certification Class Workbook
• A DoorGapGauge™

Upon passing the DSI Certification exam, Door Safety Inspectors (DSI) receive an 8-1/2 in. x 11 in DSI certificate (suitable for framing), a DSI wallet card, and a one-year DSI-level subscription to DoorSafety.com.