Compartment Through Fire Curtain

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Presentation OnCompartmentation Through

Fire/Smoke Curtains

By: Rakesh Arora

C.E.O.

Pacific Fire Controls


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DISCLAIMER

This presentation should not be taken as a

comprehensive guide to the product applications. The

system design may differ with the differing situations.

Many considerations, not mentioned herein, may be

needed before optimum results can be hoped to be

achieved.

The pictures and video/s shown herein are for

reference only and belong to the respective owners.


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What is Fire Compartmentation?

Most effective means of limiting size of fire.

Confine a fire and minimize risk of loss of

occupants by segregating a space to control thespread the fire.

Traditional Tools ofCompartmentation:

Fire Doors Masonry Walls

Fire Rated Glass Partition

Fire Resistance Walls


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New Compartmentation Trends:

Fire/Smoke Curtains

Fire Curtain is an Automatic FireBarrier which comprises of fire

resistant fabric fixed to a steel roller

which is driven by an internal tubular

electric motor.

The roller is mounted and enclosed in

a steel housing and the bottom edge

of the curtain has a weighted bar.


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Features ofFire/Smoke Curtain

1. Provide Best Architect Fire Design Solution.

2. Excellent Aesthetical Appearance.

3. Extend Large Opening Widths & Heights Continuously.

4. Create Open Spaces & Increase Workable Spaces.

5. Push to Retract Facility for Emergency Escape.

6. Operates Automatically in case ofFire.7. Outstanding Smoke Management.

8. Light Weight & Compact in Size.


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Buildings Where Fire Curtain are Used

Airports

Banks

Car Parking

Convention Centers

Hospitals

Hotels

Metros/Mono Rails

Multi-Story Buildings

Ports & Ships

Shopping Malls (Multi-

Utility Complexes)

Vehicle Warehousing


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Application ofFire Curtain

Escape Routing

Atria Protection

Lift lobby

Staircase Lobby

Escalator Containment

Servery Containment Full/Partial Compartmentation

Horizontal Compartmentation

Replacement ofFire Doors & other traditional elements


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Escape Routing


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Atria Protection


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Lift Application


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Lift LobbyApplication

Lift

Lift

Lift

Lift

Corridor

Fire Doors

Corridor

2 hour

Fire Curtain


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Servery Containment


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Full Compartmentation


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FactoryCompartmentation


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Partial Compartmentation- Smoke Curtain


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Auditorium Protection


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Smoke Curtains At

Dubai International Airport

Smoke curtains with have unlimited widths and

drops of up to 12m as in


Coopers have installed over 4Kms of smoke curtainswith some continuous overlapping spans of up to

240m.


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Smoke Curtains At



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Horizontal Compartmentation


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Replacement ofFire Doors


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Replacement ofFire Doors


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Replacement ofGlass Window


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Application In Shopping Complexes


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Basement Car Parking


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Multi-StoryCar Parking


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Theres NoRestrictions OfShapes

Apples FlagshipStore Shanghai China


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Theres NoRestrictions OfShapes


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How Does Fire Curtain Serve For

Requirements OfMiscellaneous Shapes?

Open Shape

Closed ShapeClosed Shape


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Open shapes With Unique Side

Retention System


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Closed Shapes Without Side Guides


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Closed Shapes Without Side Guides


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Is There AnyStandard Sizes?

Single Fire Curtains (4h) up to: 5m Width

8m Drop

--------------------------------------------------------------------------Fire Curtains (4h) with overlapping rollers: 32m Width

8m Drop

Fire Curtains (4h) with overlapping rollers: 54m Width

5m Drop

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Fire Curtains (2h) with overlapping rollers: 54m Width

8m Drop


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How ToEnsure No-one Is Trapped?

52m (w)

Solid

Structure

Open Corridor

2 hour Fire Curtain Descends

Solid

Structure

Emergency

Retract

Button


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Ensure No-one Is Trapped Through-

Fire Curtains


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Fire Curtains


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Smoke Stripes


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How Does Fire Curtains Operate?

Under normal conditions, the motor fitted

internally in the roller, is being locked maintaining

the barrier in retracted position. In the event of fire, a signal from detector across

the volt free contacts & make them open which

results in deployment of the barrier.

There are options of detecting obstacle in the wayof barrier as well as delayed deployment & even

emergency retract facility (to evacuate people).


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How Does Fire Curtains Operate?

Fire Alarm

Volt Free Contacts

230VAC 24VDC24VDC

230VAC

24VDC


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Optional Components Attached With

Fire/Smoke Curtains

Emergency

Retract ButtonTest Reset Switch

(With Key)

Smoke Detector Beacon / Light Warning Voice Warning Beam Detectors (Pair)

Mini Remote Panel

(10m cable)


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EmergencyRetract Button


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Control Panel


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Installation ofControl Unit


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Is There Split DropDelay FacilityAvailable

ToEnhance Evacuation ofPeople?


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When It Comes ToCover A Width

Single Roller Sizes up to 5m wide

Double Roller Sizes from 5m to 250m wide


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When It Comes ToCover A Width By

Smoke Curtain


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When It Comes ToCover A Width By

Fire Curtain


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When It Comes ToCover A Width


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Flawless Containment ofSmoke

Fire/Smoke Curtain offers smoke containment as

well, by deploying at required heights.

Overlapping barriers and conjoining bottom bars

reduces the problems of deflection and leakage.

This results in high level of Containment

Efficiency.


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Partial Containment Total Containment


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Smoke barrier deployed beneath the edge of a balcony orprojecting canopy.

Smoke Curtain As A

Void Edge Screen


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Can Deflection be Handled by

Fire/Smoke Curtains?

Deflection occurs at theevent of a barrier exposed to:

A resistant force of hot

smoke

Movement of air

Air pressure or

Any combination thereof


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Can Deflection be Handled by

Fire/Smoke Curtains?

Large gaps at sides and reduced depth protection


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How TheyCan Be Hanged?

Unistrut and drop Rods I beam Face Fixed Soffit Fixed


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How TheyCan Be Hanged?

Head Box Details (VARIOSPEED 6.0)


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How TheyAre Concealed?

Flush Fit Suspended ceiling withrecessed shadow gap

Suspended ceiling with SLAT

(Self Leveling Access Trim)


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Flush Fit Concealing


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Shadow GapConcealing


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T-Bar Shadow GapConcealing


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Ceiling ofThe Area Above Fire Curtain

For perfect operation ofFire/Smoke Curtain, Ceiling of

the above area and Leveling of

head box should be ensured

while commissioning.


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Ceiling ofArea Above The Curtain


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Standards & Testing Followed

ByFire/Smoke Curtains


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Russian fire certification

Coopers Fire & Smoke Curtains


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National Building Code - Part 4

The references to Fire and Smoke compartmentation is clearly

shown in NBCunder below heading:-

Clause - 3.4.8 & 3.4.9 - which mentions the use offire rated assemblies.

Clause - 6.3.3.1 - mentions the smoke barriers for over to 80 sqmt in case ofhospitals.

Clause 6.3.3.5 & 6.3.3.6 - mentions any area exceeding 500 m2 shall be divided into

compartments byfire resistant wall. Doors in fire resistant walls shall be so installed

that these may normallybe kept in open position, but will close automatically.

1,125 m2 for upper stories.

500 m2 + 1.5 with sprinklers = 750 m2 for Basements and Healthcare.

Clause C.1.8 - mentions all floors shall be compartmented by a separation wall with

2 hr rating.

Clause C.9 - mentions the building shall be suitably compartmentalized so that

fire/smoke remain confined to the area where fire incident has occurred & does not

spread to the remaining part ofthe building.


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1,125 m2 for

upper stories

1,125 m2 for

upper stories

1,125 m2 for

upper stories

National Building Code - Part 4


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BSEN12101-1:2006 Smoke and heat control systems. Specifications for

smoke curtains.

*BS7346-3:1990 Smoke and heat control systems. Specifications for

smoke curtains.

BS476-6:1989 Fire tests on building materials and structures.

Methods of test for fire propagation for products .

BS476-7:1997 Fire tests on building materials and structures.

Methods of test to determine the classification of the

surface spread of flame of products (Class O inaccordance with ADB:2006).

ISO9001:2000 Quality systems. Model for quality assurance in design,

development, production, installation and servicing.

*BS7346-3:1990 was the old BS standard prior to BSEN 12101-1

What is the relevant International legislation


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Testing ofFire Curtains

Up to 240 min (4 hours)

Integrity: Complete with

Overlapping


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Fire Resistance toBSEN 1634- 1:2008


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Benefits OfFire/Smoke Curtains

Fit For Purpose

The ability of a product, process or service to

serve a defined purpose under specific

conditions.


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Gravity Fail Safe

Coopers Curtains operate on POWER on BREAK on System

BSEN 12101-1:2006 The barrier should be designed to return to

a safe condition in the event of a failure or malfunction etc.

Where this is for Life Safety it should

Fail-Safe by Gravity


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What Is Gravity Fail Safe?

Any Fire/Smoke Barrier reaches in its fire operational position when all

consumable primary & auxiliary power sources are removed or in the event of

wiring or system corruption or any combination thereof.

Fail Safe by Gravity

ControlControlEquipmentEquipment

MotorMotorMainsMains

GeneratorGenerator

BatteryBattery

BMSBMS


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Life Safety

When every thing fails

Loss of all power supplies

Failure of batteries

Wiring corruption

Then the barrier must move to its fire operational position

IF NOT.


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