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Certified Fire Retardant Curtains For Elevators in California

As wildfire season in Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, Northern California, and the surrounding regions grows more intense each year, fire protection service for residential and commercial spaces is more important than ever. Vanguard Smoke and Fire helps you protect your buildings and the people within them with the latest fire protection technology, including fire-resistant curtains and atrium protection curtains.

In addition to a functioning early detection system and sprinklers, fire curtains in Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, Northern California are crucial to fighting fires. Fire retardant curtains fight fires by:

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  • Compartmentalizing fires to smaller spaces

  • Protecting means of escape at the elevator hoistway entrances

  • Allowing first responders better visibility with the BLE ResQ Window curtain

 

There are several types of fire curtains in Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, Northern California, including fire curtains for elevators. Smoke and flames often travel through elevator shafts to spread through a building faster, but a fireguard elevator prevents this spread. A fire drop curtain drops from the ceiling and cuts off fire from entering large spaces, hoistway entrances such as atriums or lobbies.

Both fire curtains for elevators and at least one fire drop curtain are important for residential and commercial spaces. Our expert team can help you pick out the right fireguard elevator near me to protect tenants in an apartment building, office complexes, or a fire drop curtain that will protect the most valuable parts of your warehouse or manufacturing lot. Our team is knowledgeable about fire-resistant curtains that meet local codes and include certified vision panels to help first responders do their job.

When looking for fire protection service near Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego and in around Northern California, choose the team that can provide comprehensive products. Choose Vanguard Smoke and Fire Curtains.

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Cost effective and reliable, the FC60™ is the ideal solution for projects requiring a fire rating of up to 60 minutes.
 

  • Material: Fibre glass cloth with a micronized aluminium polymer coating on both sides of the fabric.
     

  • Fire Integrity: Rated at 1832°F for up to 60 minutes Integrity and  60 minutes Radiation to UL10D

Model
FC60
Max Width (ft)
147
Max Drop (ft)
39
Classification
60 mins fire rating
Test Standard
UL10D & UL1784
Certificate /
Reports
R26410
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FireMaster Concertina has been tested and is listed to UL standards and is typically used to protect atria, escalators, and stairs and is supplied with the Coopers Fire Total Gravity Fail Safe (TGFS) system with variable speeds and controlled descent.

  • No corner posts and columns means that there is no longer  the need for side guides  to compromise design.
     

  • Fire Integrity: Rated at 1925°F for a period of up to 240 minutes integrity.

Model
FireMaster® 
Concertina
Max Width (ft)
Unlimited
Max Drop (ft)
26
Classification
240 mins endurance
for use in gypsum and
masonry wall
constructions
Test Standard
UL 10D & UL 1784
Certificate /
Reports
R38679
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The highest performing fire curtain in the BLE  product range. 
 

  • Material: Stainless steel, wire reinforced, woven glass fibre fabric coated on both sides with silver polyurethane.
     

  • Fire Integrity: Rated at 1832°F for up to 180 minutes Integrity and  60 minutes Radiation to UL10D

Model
FC180
Max Width (ft)
147
Max Drop (ft)
39
120 mins fire rating in gypsum
180 mins fire rating in masonry
Classification
Test Standard
UL10D & UL1784
Certificate /
Reports
R26410
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The FireMaster Simplex horizontal fire curtain can be manufactured in a range of sizes and is supplied with integrity and radiation, variable speeds, side channels and controlled closure.

  • Compartmentalise vertical space over multiple floors using horizontal fire curtains to slow the movement of smoke & fire. 
     

  • Horizontal curtains can be used instead of installing fire rated glazing or non-load bearing walls therefore creating open plan areas

Model
FireMaster® 
Horizontal Simplex
Max Width (ft)
23
23
Classification
Tested to the requirements of BS EN 1634-1 for Fire Resistance of 120 mins integrity
Test Standard
BS EN 1634-1
Certificate /
Reports
CF 5795
Max Length (ft)
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The FireMaster Concertina Egress features the benefit of an integral egress door allowing the safe evacuation of building occupants or emergency services through the barrier without the need to lift the barrier once deployed.

  • The first multi-side fire curtain to offer an integral egress door allowing occupants to egress through safely
     

  • Fire Integrity: Rated at 1925°F for a period of up to 240 minutes integrity and available in unlimited widths and shapes

Model
FireMaster® 
Concertina
Egress
Max Width (ft)
Unlimited
Max Drop (ft)
26
Classification
120 mins endurance
for use in gypsum and
masonry wall
constructions
Test Standard
UL 10D & UL 864
Certificate /
Reports
R38679
ResQ Windows
Model FC60
Mode FC180
HC180
AC180
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