Do front doors need to be fire resistant?

As long as the front door for a house is a direct route to the outside it doesn’t need to be fire rated. But, this can be dependent on the proximity of the boundary and the distance of adjacent buildings. Apartments, flats and properties accessed through a common area must have fire rated front doors to stop the spread of fire between properties. They must also have a thumb-operated lock on the inside of the door for means of escape.