RIBA accredited · IFE validated
The Functionality, Design and Compliance of Fire and Smoke Curtains
A free one-hour CPD seminar for architects, fire engineers and specifiers, delivered online by the technical team that makes and installs the products.
One hour, 13:00 to 14:00
Free to attend
The seminar
Written for the people who write the spec
Fire and smoke curtain regulations continue to evolve, and the market does not always get a clear explanation of what has changed, why it matters and how it should be applied.
This seminar gives you the working knowledge to specify fire and smoke curtains with confidence: how they function, where they are used, how they are installed and maintained, and how each product type performs.
Remaining 2026 dates
Pick a date and register
Seven sessions remain this year, all running 13:00 to 14:00 on Microsoft Teams. Registration takes under a minute and the calendar invitation follows straight away.
The 2026 programme has finished
Dates for the next run of sessions are being confirmed. Email andy@a1sgroup.com and we will let you know as soon as they are released.
Ask about the next datesQuestions before you book? Speak to Andy Martin on 01204 383 839 or email andy@a1sgroup.com.
See what's coveredWhat's covered
Three areas, one hour
The session works through the standards, the products and the applications, in the order a specification actually needs them.
Regulations and standards
The standards that apply to fire and smoke curtains, and the misconceptions that surround them.
- Which standard applies to what, in plain terms
- What the performance classifications actually tell you
- The claims to question when you review a specification
- What building control and fire engineers will ask
Installation, operation and maintenance
How the products go in, how they behave in a fire condition, and what keeps them working.
- Headbox, side guides, fabric, bottom bar and control panel
- Fixing and structural requirements, face fix against reveal fix
- Integration with the fire alarm and building management system
- The inspection and servicing regime BS 8524-2 recommends
Applications and performance
The common application for each product type, and how each one performs.
- Atria, lift lobbies, escape routes and open plan floor plates
- Vertical, horizontal and concertina configurations
- Smoke curtains against fire curtains, and where each belongs
- Where a curtain is the wrong answer, and what to specify instead
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Better-informed specifiers make better decisions, regardless of which manufacturer they ultimately choose. This CPD has been developed to provide that clarity and help support safer, more compliant buildings.
Mick Speight, Director, A1S Group
Why register
Four reasons it is worth the hour
It is independently accredited
Accredited by the RIBA and validated by the Institution of Fire Engineers, so the content has been benchmarked rather than self-declared. Attendees log one formally validated CPD hour.
It is one hour, online and free
A lunchtime slot on Teams, no travel and no cost. Register in under a minute and the calendar invitation lands straight away.
It is taught, not pitched
No product recommendations and no sales follow-up as a condition of attending. Attendees consistently tell us the value is in the impartial explanation of the issues.
It comes from the people who make and install them
A1S Group manufactures, tests, installs and maintains its own products, so the content is grounded in what happens in the furnace, on site and at handover.
About A1S Group
Taught by the people who make and install them
A1S Group manufactures fire curtains, smoke curtains and fire shutters in the UK, and has done since 1988.
We test, supply, install and maintain our own products, so the seminar is grounded in what actually happens in the furnace, on site and at handover rather than in a brochure.
Our Flameshield range holds over 50 British and European test certificates, and our curtains protect some of the most demanding buildings in the country.
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Ready when you are
Get the standards straight before your next specification
One hour, free, RIBA accredited and IFE validated. Seven dates left this year.
Next sessionTue 22 Sep, 13:00
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