Prevention & protection

Prevention & protection

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dry powder

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Solid materials in powder or granular form designed to extinguish Class D combustible metal fires by crusting, smothering, or heat-transferring means.

alternative fuels

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Solid fuels such as municipal solid waste (MSW), refuse derived fuel (RDF), biomass, rubber tires, and other combustibles that are used instead of fossil fuels (gas, oil, or coal) in a boiler to ...

pulverized fuel

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Solid fuel that is reduced to a size such that at least 50 percent will pass through a 200-mesh (74 microns) sieve.

site-specific software

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Software that defines the specific operation and configuration of a particular system. Typically, it defines the type and quantity of hardware modules, customized labels, and specific operating ...

flame retardant

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

So constructed or treated that it will not support flame.

grooved striping

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Soft wooden half round dowels that are assembled to a surface in parallel runs of opposite polarity.

nondedicated smoke-control systems

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Smoke-control systems and components that share components with some other system(s), such as the building HVAC system, and upon activation cause the HVAC system to change its mode of operation in ...