Prevention & protection

Prevention & protection

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Accreditation/accredited

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A programme by which an accreditation body determines that a laboratory has demonstrated the ability to conduct testing as required by this standard.

American society for nondestructive testing (ASNT)

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A professional organisation that is devoted to promoting knowledge of nondestructive testing.

Flow coating

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A process by which the coating liquid is discharged in an unatomized state from nozzles, slots, or other openings onto the object or material to be coated.

Fluorescence

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A process by which radiant flux of certain wavelengths is absorbed and reradiated nonthermally in other, usually longer wavelengths.

Dip coating

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A process by which objects or materials are immersed in a liquid coating.

Curtain coating

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A process by which an object or material is coated by passing it through a vertically flowing film of liquid.

Dispatching

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A process by which an alarm answered at the communications centre is retransmitted to emergency response facilities (ERFs) or to emergency response units (ERUs) in the field.