Fire safety curtains have become more commonplace at commercial buildings in the past decade. While curtains have been used extensively, most curtain use for commercial settings was limited to theaters. While the use of curtains evolves in commercial settings, for others - including fire department personnel have expressed frustration in knowing exactly which standards apply. A fire safety curtain, also known as a fire curtain barrier or active fire curtain barrier system, is a fire-separating element designed to automatically deploy upon receiving a signal from a smoke protection device, gravity-deploy on a loss of power or sensor to; Protect escape routes without any loss of fire resistance and to limit smoke entry into these routes i.e, to protect corridors and lift shafts. Compartmentalise a building – a fire curtain will deploy to effectively confine a fire. As an important lifesaving system designed to provide protection from fire, the fire curtain is a...