Fire safety

Fire safety

Fire prevention, protection and firefighting.

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pre-fire, pre-incident planning

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Information collected by fire prevention officers to assist in identifying hazards and the equipment, supplies, personnel, skills, and procedures needed to deal with a potential ...

aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF)

Fire safety; Fire fighting

A special category of firefighting that involves the response, hazard mitigation, evacuation and possible rescue of passengers and crew of an aircraft involved in an airport ...

vapor suppression

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Process of reducing the amount of flammable or other hazardous vapors, from a flammable liquid, mixing with air, typically by careful application of a foam blanket on top of a ...

run card system

Fire safety; Fire fighting

A system of pre-planning for fire protection in which information about specific detectors, hazards, or other emergency response plans is indexed by location, for rapid reference ...

skid unit

Fire safety; Fire fighting

A Skid unit (called a "Slip-on" in Australia) is the common name used to refer to a complete self-contained fire fighting apparatus designed for use on/in commercially available ...

friction loss

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Reduction of flow in a firehose caused by friction between the water and the lining of the hose. Depends primarily upon diameter, type and length of hose, and amount of water ...

occupant use hose

Fire safety; Fire fighting

Light-weight 1½" diameter firehose pre-coupled to standpipe for emergency use by building occupants prior to arrival of firefighters. Often accessible by breaking glass to unlock ...