Abstract: An automated fire or smoke curtain/blinds system (2) includes a pelmet or a hood (4) adapted to be mounted on a wall or top of a windowpane, at least one motor (6) connected to at least one curtain/blinds holding device (10) such that the curtain/blinds 5 holding device (10) rolls when the motor (6) is operated, at least two curtain/blinds holding device wherein each curtain/blinds holding device are connected by a shaft or ball bearing, a movable curtain or blind with width of at least 8 meters attached to at least two curtain/blinds holding device, a movable curtain or blind (14A) of a predefined width and at the end of which is a bottom rail (14B), wherein the movable 10 curtain (14A) includes an self-closing escape door (14C) embedded within coverage area of the movable curtain (14A), and a control panel (16) to control up/down movement of the movable curtains.