CODE: Compliant Openings, Doors, and Egress
Inspections by JTC door and hardware carpenters certified through UBC-CODE, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters' door safety program.
Stay compliant. Schedule your inspection today: 216.635.0745.
What Ohio law requires of schools
The Ohio Childhood Safety Act (Senate Bill 112, Ohio Revised Code 3737.07), signed in July 2024 and in effect since October 24, 2024, requires every school governing authority, including school districts and charter schools, to have each protective door assembly in its school buildings inspected and tested at least once every 12 months by a qualified inspector. We inspect schools in Cleveland, Columbus and across Northern Ohio.
Doors installed in 2015 or later must meet the 2015 edition of NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code, which includes the NFPA 80 standard for fire doors. Older doors must meet the edition in effect when they were installed.
Our inspectors
JTC's door and hardware carpenters are trained and certified through UBC-CODE (Compliant Openings, Doors, and Egress), the United Brotherhood of Carpenters' program for installing, maintaining and inspecting fire-rated and life safety doors. We inspect and test every protective door assembly, document each one in the report your school needs to keep on file, and our carpenters can make the corrections.
Common questions
Which doors must be inspected?
Every protective door assembly in your school buildings: doors with panic or fire exit hardware, doors in exit enclosures, electrically controlled egress doors, and doors with special locking such as delayed egress, sensor release and elevator lobby doors.
How often?
At least once every 12 months, by a qualified inspector. Keep each report on file, because the authority having jurisdiction reviews those records every year.
Who can inspect?
A qualified inspector: someone with a recognized degree, certificate, professional standing or skill, and the knowledge, training and experience to inspect and test the doors. JTC’s door and hardware carpenters are certified through UBC-CODE.
What happens if a door fails?
The inspector reports each door as compliant, not compliant, or not compliant and a serious fire or life safety risk. Failed doors must be corrected and re-inspected. The authority having jurisdiction can cite a school that hasn’t corrected them within 18 months, or 180 days for a serious risk. It can’t do that while the school is actively working toward compliance, and it can’t assess a civil penalty or fine.
Can JTC make the corrections?
Yes. Our carpenters can make the corrections.
Schedule an inspection
Call 216.635.0745 or contact us to schedule an inspection for your campus.
This is a summary, not legal advice. See Ohio Revised Code 3737.07 and the State Fire Marshal's Ohio Childhood Safety Act FAQ.