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Fire safety is of utmost importance in any residential or commercial building. In the event of afire, it is critical to have a reliable life safety system in place to protect occupants and minimizedamage to the property. Fire curtains, a form of fire protective curtain assemblies (NFPA 80),are now typical in many buildings. This article […]
Fire Curtains have emerged in the US construction market over the last 30 years as a versatile opening protective. UL 10D was published in 2014 to standardize the testing and rating of these sophisticated products. They have been listed in NFPA-80 since 2016 and were adopted into IBC Code on the 2021 publication. Dedicated domestic […]
Draft curtains are commonly used in warehouses, aircraft hangars, and large industrial plants to control and slow down the spread of smoke that rises to the ceiling during a fire. Draft curtains can be manufactured of several materials, including flame-retardant fiberglass, glass smoke baffles, or sheet metal panels.
UL 10D evaluates Fire Protective Curtain Assemblies that provide supplemental, passive fire protection as part of an engineered fire protection system. These methods are intended to assess the ability of fire-protective curtain assemblies to remain in a horizontal or vertical opening during a predetermined test exposure.