Kent protecting the mega market place YIWU market – Jafza, Dubai

Kent Smoke and Fire Curtain, the market leading smoke and Fire Curtains manufacturer, has supplied 84 Automatic Egress Fire Curtains to Yiwu Market, the first smart wholesale market in the Middle East. The market space spans 200000 square meters, provides businesses access to 1,600 showrooms that will serve as a trading area or shopping mall, and features 324 bonded warehouses, each equipped with a loading dock to facilitate the movement of goods. The design layout of YIWU Market widely includes passages and lobbies to allow maximum freedom for the movement of goods, light vehicles and humans.

The egress Curtains are designed to enable Fire barrier and compartmentation solutions to control the spread of fire in designs that demands a high level of freedom in connectivity and movement. Egress Curtain is a Vertical deploying curtain barrier assembly developed to protect openings in lobbies without compromising SHEVES compliance.

The curtain automatically deploys upon activation of a fire alarm with the help of gravity fail-safe technology to provide fire separation without inhibiting the passage of occupants’ evacuation by utilizing the egress as a secondary means that allows occupants to pass without retracting the curtain. The Kent Automatic Egress Curtain is tested and approved by UL for fire integrity of up to 180 minutes. The Yiwu Market was inaugurated in June 2022, and Kent Smoke and Fire Curtains provide the invisible shield of protection.