Picture shows Alan Oliver receiving his award from Alison Haywood of NAHFO’s National Executive Committee At Golden Thread Fire Delay, the importance of education and understanding in fire safety is central to what we do. Recognition of this came recently when at...
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Fire Delay Becomes Golden Thread Fire Delay
We are pleased to announce our company name has changed from Fire Delay Contractors Limited to Golden Thread Fire Delay Limited. This is to reflect that on 26.10.22 Fire Delay bought the assets of passive fire protection consultants and erstwhile partners Golden...
Golden Thread Fire Delay is now an Employee Owned Trust!
Golden Thread Fire Delay is proud to announce an exciting new development in our journey. On 25.11.22 the company transitioned to become an Employee Ownership Trust, providing a motivational platform from which we will grow, innovate and flourish. Employee ownership...
Dragon Boat Race
On 15th September, Golden Thread Fire Delay took part in a Dragon Boat race competition organised by long- standing client Countryside. Our boat was number 5 and christened Blazing Paddles. Crew members were Steve Patterson , Chris Barkway, Kris Konieczka, Andrzej...
Presenting at the NAHFO Virtual Conference
Alan Oliver gave a presentation at the NAHFO (National Association of Healthcare Fire Officers) Virtual Conference on Thursday 15th July. The presentation title was Achieving Fire Door Compliance in Hospitals and it provided background information on the creation of...
Internal Fire Door Training
An internal Golden Thread Fire Delay fire door training module was held at the Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury on 23rd June. It was attended by senior managers, supervisors and surveyors and delivered by our fire door consultant Jeremy French. Jeremy covered a range of issues...
Fire Door Installer Of The Month
Mariusz Czech, (centre) pictured in front of a newly installed door, was voted by Golden Thread Fire Delay’s fire door senior managers as the Installer of the Month in May: Mariusz is seen being congratulated by supervisor Marcin Gawlik (right) and GTFD fire door...
NVQ 2 Diploma in Passive Fire Protection
We are delighted to congratulate Corbon Bussey-Brugnoli on becoming our first in-house qualified trainee, having recently achieved an NVQ 2 Diploma in Passive Fire Protection. Corbon is seen receiving his award from Managing Director Sem Kneeshaw and Contracts Manager...
Launch of New Fire Door Training Module
The first Golden Thread Fire Delay 1 day awareness training module for inspecting and managing fire doors in Healthcare Buildings took place at Lewisham Hospital on Friday 16th April 21. Hosted and organised in conjunction with resident fire safety manager Paul...
NEW: ‘Fire Door Inspections in Healthcare Buildings’ Reference Document
Golden Thread Fire, working in partnership with Fire Delay Contractors have sponsored a fire door inspection Reference Document called ‘Fire Door Inspections in Healthcare Buildings’. The document was written by a NAHFO (National Association of Healthcare Fire...










