Prevention & protection

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Secondary air

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

All the combustion air that is intentionally allowed to enter the combustion chamber in excess of primary air.

Reaction air

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

All the air that, when reacted with gas in an endothermic generator by the indirect addition of heat, becomes a special atmosphere gas.

Site of intentional expulsion

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

All points within 0. 3 m (1 ft) of a point at which an oxygen-enriched atmosphere is intentionally vented to the atmosphere.

An aboveground device through which passengers move between a point in an airport terminal building and an aircraft. Included in this category are walkways that are essentially fixed and permanently ...

Short circuit

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

An abnormal connexion of low resistance between normal circuit conductors where the resistance is normally much greater. This is an overcurrent situation but it is not an overload.