- Industry: Fire safety
- Number of terms: 98780
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Oil-or fat-bearing material that has been rolled in preparation for the extraction process.
Industry:Fire safety
On single burner boilers, a device that is arranged to effect a safety shutdown of the burner when the water level in the boiler falls to a predetermined low level.
Industry:Fire safety
That space between a primary and secondary barrier, whether or not completely or partially occupied by insulation or other material.
Industry:Fire safety
Simultaneous detonation or explosion of the total amount or a substantial amount of a quantity of explosive material caused by the explosion of a unit or part of the explosive material.
Industry:Fire safety
That situation where the stresses in any member due to dead and live loads exceed 150 percent of the stresses allowed in the member or material.
Industry:Fire safety
That sequence of control system functions for the establishing of a source of ignition that must be complete and verified immediately before the firing of the flame effect.
Industry:Fire safety
That portion(s) of a building behind walls, over suspended ceilings, in pipe chases, attics, and whose size might normally range from 44. 45 mm (13/4 in. ) stud spaces to 2. 44 m (8 ft) interstitial truss spaces and that might contain combustible materials such as building structural members, thermal and/or electrical insulation, and ducting.
Industry:Fire safety
That portion of total air used to transport or inject fuel or sorbent and to recycle material to the bed.
Industry:Fire safety
That portion of total air introduced at the base of the combustor through the air distributor.
Industry:Fire safety
That portion of the triage area where injured persons are staged for transportation to medical facilities under the direct supervision of a medical transportation officer.
Industry:Fire safety
