Prevention & protection

Prevention & protection

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Fire model

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A structured approach to predicting one or more effects of a fire.

Pier

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A structure extending over the water and supported on a fixed foundation (fixed pier), or on flotation (floating pier), that provides access to the water.

A structure, transportable in one or more sections, that, in the travelling mode, is 2. 4 m (8 body-ft) or more in width or 12. 2 m (40 body-ft) or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 29. 7 ...

Ancillary facility

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A structure(s) usually used to house or contain operating, maintenance, or support equipment and functions.

Exposure hazard

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A structure within 50 ft (15. 24 m) of another building and 100 ft2 (9. 3 m2) or larger in area.

Metal-clad structure

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A structure with sides or roof, or both, covered with metal.

Metal-framed structure

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A structure with electrically continuous structural members of sufficient size to provide an electrical path equivalent to that of lightning conductors.