Fire Rated Smoke Curtain

There are plenty of fire and smoke curtains to choose from when protecting your building – all with different requirements and safety standards. It may feel like a struggle to consider which is best. In this article, we discuss the differences between the two.

Fully protecting your building requires a lot of planning when designing or upgrading the protection needed.

Fire curtains work with other fire protection systems to create barriers where partitions are limited or not present. They are great for buildings that don’t want to compromise on design, with the bonus of the curtain remaining hidden until needed. The fire alarm system in a building will send a signal to the fire curtain, which drops from the ceiling, preventing fire and smoke from travelling throughout the building.