Westwood Security are leading suppliers and installers of the best quality Fire Rated Curtains to the Portsmouth area.
The inhalation of smoke and toxic gases is the main cause of fatalities from fires in Portsmouth, which is why anyone with a Portsmouth business should make Fire Rated Curtains a key component of their fire control procedures.
How Fire Rated Curtains Can Save Lives in Portsmouth
All Portsmouth businesses should understand why they need thorough fire control and fire safety procedures, and it is important to understand that fire rated curtains are not secondary to other smoke ventilation systems. be obvious. It only ever takes one outbreak of fire to cause havoc to a Portsmouth business in terms of costs financially and to human life.
It is vital, therefore, for all Portsmouth companies to be fully prepared. And, Fire Rated Curtains should be considered a key component of fire control in Portsmouth.
Fire rated curtains help channel smoke and toxic gases, or extract them, ensuring people can be safely evacuated if a fire should break out at your Portsmouth business.
Usually, Fire Rated Curtains will be initiated by your Portsmouth fire alarm system, and will limit the spread of smoke to the underside of the internal ceiling.
Our Portsmouth Fire Rated Curtains
No-one should take ever take risks when it comes to fires: the consequences are potentially far too damaging. This is why we recommend Portsmouth businesses to take advantage of fire rated curtains from Westwood.
We provide the best quality Fire Rated Curtains in Portsmouth at the best prices.
And, we can supply and install Fire Rated Curtains in Portsmouth to wide spans, which can be automatic, soffit automatic or suspended.
Call NOW for a guaranteed Quote for Fire Rated Curtains in Portsmouth.
Our Fire Rated Curtains available in Portsmouth have been stringently tested and come as standard with a failsafe system guaranteeing activation in the event of any power failure.
Westwood Fire Rated Curtains can be supplied and installed in Portsmouth in unlimited widths by using an overlap system, with curtains up to 5 metres wide being serviced by single span rollers.
Features of Fire Rated Curtains Portsmouth
- Automatic operation
- Support for servery and hatches
- Custom built to your specification
- Short lead times
- Slim, lightweight and easy to install
- 4hr fire resistance
- Help to slow down and prevent the passage of smoke and gases
- 240V operation with battery back-up
Portsmouth Fire Rated Curtains Specification
Coated fiberglass material tested to withstand temperatures of 600 Degrees Centigrade for one hour. The thickness of the Smoke Curtain is approximately 0.75mm.
Bottom Rail and Roller
A bottom rail is fixed to the curtain and this rail is designed to stop at ceiling level or into a recess in the box when raised. The curtain coils on to a steel roller mounted on endplate bearings.
Fire Rated Curtain Operation
Fire rated curtains are electrically operated by 240V Tubular Motors and come with a control panel that is fixed to the main fire alarm panel of your Portsmouth business. Standard control panel will operate a single motor or alternatively a group panel can be supplied to manage multiple motors within a single smoke compartment. The system requires a 240V single phase fused spur within one metre of the control panel.
Automatic Smoke Curtain Box
The central roller and coiled up fire rated curtain is housed in a galvanised metal box, which is automatic to the structure of the building. The box is galvanised as standard and can be polyester powder coated at extra cost.
MAXIMUM SIZES
Unlimited width x 10 metres high.
OPERATING SPEED
Approximately 75mm per second.
WEIGHT
Typically 30kgs per linear metre of width for curtain, box and bottom rail.
Call our Portsmouth office for a free quotation 02393 162044
Also covering Chichester, Cosham, Fareham, Goodwood, Gosport, Hambrook, Havant, Hayling Island, Knowle, Portchester, Portsea Island, Swanbrook, Westbourne and Waterlooville..
We also manufacture BS certified twin skin Automatic Fire Shutters offering up to 4 hours resistance to fire.
