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Prevention & protection

Redundant component, system, or subsystem

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A component, system, or subsystem that independently duplicates the essential function of another component, system, or subsystem.

Flow time

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A component of total evacuation time that is the time during which there is crowd flow past a point in the means of egress system.

Fire alarm control unit

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A component of the fire alarm system, provided with primary and secondary power sources, which receives signals from initiating devices or other fire alarm control units, and processes these signals ...

Film-forming fluoroprotein foam concentrate (FFFP)

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A concentrate that uses fluorinated surfactants to produce a fluid aqueous film for suppressing hydrocarbon fuel vapors.

Protein foam concentrate

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A concentrate consisting primarily of products from a protein hydrolysate, plus stabilising additives and inhibitors to protect against freezing, to prevent corrosion of equipment and containers, to ...

Other synthetic foam concentrate

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A concentrate based on hydrocarbon surface active agents and listed as a wetting agent, foaming agent, or both.

Automated vehicle locator (AVL)

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A computerised mapping system used to track the location of vehicles.

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