- Industry: Fire safety
- Number of terms: 98780
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Where provided, that portion of the source equipment that automatically supplies the system in the event of failure of the primary and secondary operating supply.
Industry:Fire safety
The time that the PSAP telecommunicator completes the interview with the caller. This time stamp can occur before or after resources are identified, or before or after units arrive on the scene.
Industry:Fire safety
The specific physical location of the incident within the site. The area or areas (structure, vehicle, boat, piece of equipment, etc. ) designated as relevant to the investigation of the incident because it may contain physical damage or debris, evidence, victims, or incident-related hazards. This is the area to be processed during the scene examination.
Industry:Fire safety
This section shall establish a uniform system of defining and classifying flammable and combustible liquids for the purpose of proper application of this standard. This section shall apply to any liquid within the scope of and subject to the requirements of this standard. This section shall not apply to mists, sprays, or foams. This section shall not apply to liquids that do not have flash points but are capable of burning under certain conditions, such as certain halogenated hydrocarbons and certain mixtures of flammable or combustible liquids and halogenated hydrocarbons.
Industry:Fire safety
The total suction head in meters (feet) of liquid absolute, determined at the suction nozzle, and referred to datum, less the vapor pressure of the liquid in meters (feet) absolute.
Industry:Fire safety
What the individual must know or understand in order to carry out a role and subsequent tasks to the standard required.
Industry:Fire safety
This angle is measured as either the percent of slope or the tilt angle at which the vehicle would become unstable should the vehicle be placed on the side of a steep, angled hill or sloped surface.
Industry:Fire safety
The terminals where current, voltage, power, or driving force may be applied to a circuit or device; the state or sequence of states occurring on a specific input channel; or the device or collective set of devices used for bringing data into another device.
Industry:Fire safety
This system uses a venturi pickup-type device where water passing through the unit creates a vacuum, thereby allowing foam concentrate to be picked up from an atmospheric storage container.
Industry:Fire safety
