- Industry: Fire safety
- Number of terms: 98780
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The general term for a passage through which gases are conveyed from the combustion chamber to the outer air.
Industry:Fire safety
The general name for a family of sheet products consisting essentially of gypsum.
Industry:Fire safety
The function and location that include medical evaluation and treatment, food and fluid replenishment, and relief from extreme climatic conditions for emergency responders, according to the circumstances of the incident.
Industry:Fire safety
The gas used to maintain pressurization or to dilute a flammable gas or vapor.
Industry:Fire safety
The fuel that is first set on fire by the heat of ignition; to be meaningful, both a type of material and a form of material should be identified.
Industry:Fire safety
The fraction of an aluminum powder that is 45 µm (microns) (325 mesh) or smaller in nominal diameter, either as a discrete particle or as agglomerates of discrete particles.
Industry:Fire safety
The four sequential steps in water rescue with progressively more risk to the rescuer. Specifically, a “go” rescue involves physically entering the medium (e.g., in the water or on the ice).
Industry:Fire safety
The fraction of a magnesium powder that is 44 µm (microns) (320 mesh) or smaller in nominal diameter, either as a discrete particle or as agglomerates of discrete particles.
Industry:Fire safety
