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Prevention & protection

Duty

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A fire-related service, function, or task identified in the fire brigade organisational statement and assigned to a member to perform.

Response duty

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A fire-related service, function, or task identified in the industrial fire brigade organisational statement and assigned to a member to perform.

File room

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A fire-resistive enclosure that provides less fire protection than a vault and is used for the storage of records.

High voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A facility that functions as an electrical rectifier (ac-dc) or an inventor (dc-ac) to control and transmit power in a high voltage network. There are two types of HVDC valves — the mercury arc valve ...

Hypobaric facility

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A facility that is designed to provide an oxygen-enriched atmosphere in which the concentration of oxygen exceeds 23. 5 percent by volume, and a pressure less than 760 mm Hg.

Monitoring station

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A facility that receives signals from electronic premises security systems and has personnel in attendance at all times to respond to these signals.

Boatyard

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A facility used for constructing, repairing, servicing, hauling from the water, storing (on land and in water), and launching of boats.

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