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Aircraft fuel servicing tank vehicle
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A vehicle having a cargo tank (tank truck, tank full trailer, tank semitrailer) designed for or used in the transportation and transfer of fuel into or from an aircraft.
Aircraft fuel servicing hydrant vehicle
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A vehicle equipped with facilities to transfer fuel between a fuel hydrant and an aircraft.
Aerial fire apparatus
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A vehicle equipped with an aerial ladder, elevating platform, or water tower that is designed and equipped to support fire fighting and rescue operations by positioning personnel, handling materials, ...
Ground-supported vault
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A vault that is supported from the ground up and that is structurally independent of the building in which it is located.
Gangway
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A variable-sloped pedestrian walkway that links a fixed structure or land with a floating structure. Gangways that connect to vessels are not addressed in this Code.
Slip tube gauge
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A variable liquid level gauge in which a relatively small positive shutoff valve is located at the outside end of a straight tube, normally installed vertically, that communicates with the container ...
Rotary gauge
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A variable liquid level gauge consisting of a small positive shutoff vent valve located at the outside end of a tube that has a bent end inside the container and can be manually rotated to determine ...
