Static Smoke Curtains
A smoke barrier is a continuous membrane that is designed and constructed to restrict the passage of smoke. They can be either vertical, like a wall, or horizontal, like a floor or ceiling. Smoke barriers will have a minimum of a 2-hour fire-resistance rating. Overall, each system compartmentalizes a building into sections that can be closed off from the rest of the building during a fire emergency. Compartmentalizing a building with firewalls, fire partitions, smoke barriers, fire and smoke dampers, and fire doors will help guarantee the building will be prepared during the event of a fire. Therefore, the maintenance of each wall, partition, and barrier with the proper fire-stopping materials will seal off any holes and gaps and help minimize the spread of smoke.
