Join us for the NCN SFPE Hybrid Lunch and Learn!
In person: free for members, $10 for non-members (lunch included). Online: free for members, $10 for non-members.
Presentation Title: Opening Protective Options in Fire & Smoke Walls
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2026
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PST
Location: Hybrid: in person at Holmes Fire, 235 Montgomery St, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94104, or online
Cost: In person: free for members, $10 for non-members (lunch included) / Online: free for members, $10 for non-members
Please join us Thursday, November 12, 2026 for a hybrid Lunch & Learn, hosted at Holmes Fire, 235 Montgomery St, Suite 1250, San Francisco, CA 94104, and online. In-person attendance is free for members and $10 for non-members, and includes lunch. Online attendance is free for members and $10 for non-members.
Presentation: Opening Protective Options in Fire & Smoke Walls
Presenter: Salvador Perez, Door Systems (DSI)
Learning objectives:
1) Discuss fire and life safety concerns associated with open-concept designs.
2) Distinguish between overhead coiling smoke curtains and fire curtains, including their ratings and test standards such as UL 10D and UL 10B, along with key updates to Chapters 7 and 30 of the IBC.
3) Describe the code language in Chapter 10 for horizontal-sliding door technology as a design solution in a means of egress application.
4) Identify IBC provisions for openings in fire barriers in Section 707.6, the 25% rule, and when opening protectives must be tested per ASTM E119 or UL 263.
Presenter Bio:
Salvador "Sal" Perez, CSI, Assoc. AIA, Director of Design & Development, Door Systems, Inc. (DSI). Sal Perez brings over two decades of construction experience across multiple disciplines. He joined Door Systems in 2015 as an estimator and helped build what is now its Estimating Department. As Director of Design & Development, Sal works with architects, engineers, specifiers, builders, and developers to educate the industry on the latest advances in opening protectives and fire life safety, and serves as Door Systems' in-house specifications writer and designer of fire life safety products. His curiosity for fire life safety began at 18 as an EMT for CARE Ambulance. Sal holds a degree in Drafting and Design Technologies, is certified in Construction Project Management, and is an education provider for AIA, CSI, and ICC.
About Door Systems:
Door Systems (est. 2005) is a national single-source provider of integrated door systems and smoke & fire containment solutions, including UL 10D fire-protective smoke curtains, UL 10B fire curtains, and integrated fire door assemblies. Learn more at doorsysinc.com.
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