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Prevention & protection

incipient stage

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Refers to the severity of a fire where the progression is in the early stage and has not developed beyond that which can be extinguished using portable fire extinguishers or handlines flowing up to ...

airport familiarization

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Refers to the knowledge that rescue and fire-fighting personnel must maintain relative to locations, routes, and conditions that will enable them to respond quickly and efficiently to emergencies on ...

aircraft familiarization

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Refers to the knowledge of vital information that rescue and fire-fighting personnel should learn and retain with regard to the specific types of aircraft that normally use the airport and other ...

site

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Refers to the contiguous property that makes up a nuclear power plant facility. This would include areas both inside the protected area and the owner-controlled property.

bullet-resistant construction

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Refers to magazine walls or doors, constructed to resist penetration of a bullet of 150-grain M2 ball ammunition having a nominal muzzle velocity of 824 mps (2700 fps) when fired from a 0. 30-caliber ...

magnesium

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Refers to either pure metal or alloys having the generally recognized properties of magnesium marketed under different trade names and designations.

externally illuminated

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Refers to an illumination source that is contained outside of the device or sign legend area that is to be illuminated.

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