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Automatic fire curtains.
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BS 476 Part 22.
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Fire Curtains are designed as barriers to retain or delay the spread of fire and to give some protection so that people may pass on the opposite side. Fire curtains use a pair of side guides to retain the fire resistant curtain material because the the gases, emitted from a fire, exert a pressure against the barrier.
Smoke curtains are designed as barriers to contain and / or to channel away the highly dangerous toxic fumes generated from a fire as a vital part of a smoke and heat exhaust ventilation system, SHEVS. Smoke curtains do not use side guides.
Fire & Smoke curtains are designed to activate automatically upon receiving the signal from the fire alarm system. The activation may serve one or more purposes;
- To have an immediate action in closing off the passage of smoke and / or fire by providing a fire resistant barrier which would hold back the smoke / fire for a predetermined period of time.
- To create a reservoir in order that the ventilation system is then able to extract the deadly fumes away from the area via the designed channel.
- To descend after a predetermined period of time, thereby creating a longer time span for people to escape.
- To descend partially down, creating a reservoir yet still allowing a means to escape, then to descend completely down once the preset time has elapsed.
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The fabric of the smoke curtain will stand up to a fire but only for a short period of time, 15 - 30 minutes, but a fire curtain will be rated as a 1 hr, 2hr or 4hr fire resistant and the curtain may contain stainless steel wire to achieve the desired fire rating.
Our smoke and fire curtains are now using the newly developed control panels which incorporate facilities for delayed or split drop as a standard. These are suitable for shopping malls, schools, hospitals, offices etc. BS 476 Part 22 accreditation.
A fire Curtain being installed in Gateshead.
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