Prevention & protection

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Boarding pier

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A portion of a pier where a boat is temporarily secured for the purpose of embarking or disembarking.

A portion of a fire area that is separated from the remainder of the fire area by substantive barriers, which are not necessarily fire rated; by physical features, such as pipe tunnels; by spatial ...

Separate fire division

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A portion of a building cut off from all other portions of the building by fire walls, fire doors, and other approved means adequate to prevent any fire that can occur in one fire division from ...

Knot wood irregularity

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A portion of a branch or limb embedded in the tree and cut during the process of lumber manufacture.

Motor home

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A vehicular unit designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use built on or permanently attached to a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis or on a chassis cab ...