AIA On Demand Video Course
Passive Fire+Smoke Protection for Atriums (#SG-102D)
On-Demand Video Course – After viewing Smoke Guards’s On-Demand video course, click on the “Take Course Test” button to take the 10-question course test. After passing the test you will receive your AIA Certificate of Completion by email. The certificate will be sent to the email you provided in the course test sign-in form. If you are an AIA member and you provided your AIA number, we will submit your course completion to AIA for credit.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will introduce the use of fire- and smoke-rated curtains as fire and smoke separation in atrium, stair, and escalator designs in open floor plans. The course includes a review of the building code requirements for these designs and how flexible-rated curtains can be used to comply with these requirements. We’ll cover the use of flexible curtains to supplement smoke evacuation or to replace smoke evacuation altogether as an alternative smoke control solution. Where required by code, the use of these curtains to provide floor-to-floor separation of escalators and stairs not part of the main egress path will be reviewed.
COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Learning Objective 1: Discuss code requirements for atrium design.
Learning Objective 2: Describe the sustainable features of fire+smoke curtains.
Learning Objective 3: Explain how fire+ smoke curtains can be used to supplement or replace smoke evacuation systems in ways that save energy and reduce mechanical system costs.
Learning Objective 4: Summarize the ways fire+ smoke curtains may be specified to increase evacuation times for building occupants in the event of a building fire.