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A Dictionary of Key Fire Terminology

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b u sedbya llfiresa fet ysp cia list s.Weh op t ha tyouwi fin ditu seu l

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fire x tin uish r Se extin uishe

fire xtin uish r< erosol> Sma lld isp s

a ble on ta in erincorp ra tingava lvea n dcon

-t ain in gafir extin uishin mediumkept

u nd ergr ea t ert ha nat mosp er icpr es ur eb

mea nsof propela nt The o t en tsa r ed is

chargedwhent hevalv eiso er a t ed

B 616

fire e tin uish r <foam,ch mical> Se

fo mfir eextin uishe <chemical>

B 5 0 -3

f iree tin uish r <f oam,g scar rid e

Se fo mfir eextin uishe <me h nical

g sc a r t r i d g e >

B 5 0 -3

fire x tin uish r<foam,store presure

Se fo mfir eextin uishe <me h nical

sor ed r es ur>

B 5 0 -3

fir ee tin uish r< as ar tr id e,o er ate >

Ex t i ng ui she rinwhichthepresure ore xpul

-sio oft h emed iu mfr omt heb d oft he

extin uishe ispr od uc d yt heo enin gat

t het imeofuse,of compr es ed rlq ueied

gascr t r id ge

ISO8 21-4

fire x tin uish r<p wd r,g s ar rid e

Extin uishe co tainin p wderthat s

ex eledb pr esu r e r ele sedfr oma g s

cartrid e

*B 4 2 -4

ablativ materials Mate ialswhich r ad

-t a -ti vecriteriaw h ichforma na cc pt a bleba sis

forasesin t hesafty f b itenvir

on-mentd esign

FDIS13 4

ac es d ck Se de kac es

B 5 8 -1

ac es lev el<toabuidin > Le vela tw h ich

t hereis uit able nt r ytot heb id in fr om

a na re tow h ichfireserv ic a ppla n cesh ave

ac s

PD7 7 -5

ac es le el<toe uipme t> On eofsev

-er a lsatesof fir ealarmco tr ola din

i-catin eq ipmentinw chsele t e

– con t r olsc n eo er a t ed ;

– manu alo er a tio sc n e a r r ied u

– ind ic t i n sar evisible;a nd /or

– informa t io c n eo t ain ed

B EN5 -2

ac es pa el Fir er esisa tpa nelusedt o

ga ina c s t osevic d ct an dsh aft s

A pro ed Docume t B (Fire safety) –

ac es ro m Room whichforms t he o ly

esca er oute r omanin e r oom

B 5 8 -6

ac es ible Wit hr espe tt ob id in sorpa r t s

ofbu ild in s,me n st h ata cc s isfci t at ed

ford isa bled erso s

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Use fB idings.2 0

ac es ible re A reatow h ichdisa bled

eo-ple, in clud in gwhelch airu ser s, ma ygain

a c s

*B 5 10

ac ommod tion stairwa St air w a y, ad d

i-t i n alt ot ha torth oser eq uir edforesca e,

provid edfort h eco v enien ceofoc u an ts

B 5 8 -8

ac hievablemaximumconc entation Co

-c ntratio (as a per centage b v olume)

whichw ould eprod u cedint henetv olume

ofaprote tedenclosur ,b t h eun ifor m

d ist r ibu t io of x n uish in gas,includ in g

anyforext end edd ischa rge,d ischa rgedb

t hesyst em

B 5 0 -5.1

acknowle g me tsig al Sig a lt r ansmit

-t ed a ksolelyasar esul oft h er ec p o of

an ot her ign al,e.g.asig a lrec iv eda tt h e

cal-o tp intof r emot e co t r olsystem

ind ic t in gth atr emot eeq uipmentha so

er-a ted.Itm a yn ot,h o w e ver,in dica t et h a tot h er

aler tin gsy st emslnkedt ot her emot eeq u

ip-men tar einfcto er at i g

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actionpla Mea su residen t ifiedint h ecou rse

oft he ir eriskasesmentt hatn eedt obe

implement edt oensu r et h er eq uir edlev elof

fir esa fet yisa h iev ed rma int ain ed

activ ationtime Tim ein t erva lfromresp n se

b asen sin d evic u t ilt hesu prs io

sysem, smoke co trol system, a la r m

syst emorot h erfir esa fet ysyst emisfuly

o er at i nal

FDIS13 4

activ efireprotectionsystem Se firepr

o-te tio sysem<activ e>

B 4 2

actu lcalorificv lu h at ele se C

o-r ific nerg peru ni mas w chisr ele sed

b the comb sio of mate ial u der

speifiedt estcon d it i n s

Note It sex r esedinJkg

– 1

B ISO4 8

actu ld lv ere d nsity(A D) Se

sprin-k le <actu ldelve ed ensity(AD )>

FDIS13 4

actu tin d tector F rmof ir edete tor,

ntpartof firealarmsyse m ,use dtoatuate

su sid iar yfir epr ot ect i neq uipmen

B 4 2

acutetoxicity To icitywhich c uses r a

p-id ly c urr in p iso ou se e t s

FDIS13 4

a dresablep int P int h atc nbe ind

i-vid u alyid en fiedatt he ir alarmco tr ol

a din icatin eq ipment

B EN5 -2

a dresablesy stem S st eminwhich

sig-n als from ea ch fir dete tor and / or fir e

alarmma u lcal p inta r eind i vid ualy

id en fied at t he fir e alarm co tr ol a d

in icatin eq ipment

B 5 3 -6

a justablese sitivityd tector Fi red et e

c-t or,t her esp nsethr esh ld fw chc n e

va riedw ith in et ect orspe ifiedlm itsw it h

-ou tper man ent n d ica t io ofsu chvaria t io

a rial ap la ce Fir e a pla c in

corpo-r at in g atur nta le la de ora h dra lc

d rationofflame Len gt hoft ime orw ch

anafte flameper sist sun d er pe ifiedcon

-d it i n s

Note It sex r es edins

B ENISO13 4

afterglow Per sist enc ofglowin comb s

tio ater b th remo al ofthe ig itio

so re a ndt he c sat i nofany flamin

comb sio

B ENISO13 4

afterglowtime Len t hoft ime orwhichan

afte glowper sists u nd er spe ified co d

airba Ru bbercoa tedrein forced a gw h ich ,

wh eninfla tedb compr es edair, ex a nd s

tolftormov eh eav o je t s

ISO8 21-8

airchisel Compr es eda iro erat edt oolwit h

asorte dcuti ngatahme ntsuse dtocutme ta

airh n ln void

ple um Duct ,u su a llya ei li ng rflo rv oi d,

whichfor mspa r tof it hert h esu ply rt h e

r e rnaird ist r ib t i nsyst em

air ele se Men sb which r es ur izin ga ir

isablet oesca e r oman ominalyu npr es

su r iz dspa cet oext er na lair

B 4 2

airsaw Sawo er at ed ycompr eseda ir

ISO8 21-8

air ra sfergr ile Fixedg r ille,n tco neted

t ot hed ctworksy st em,alowin gt he ree

t r an sfrof irbet we na d ja entspa es

aire tainme t Mixin ofa mbien tairin t o

ajetorplumeofga sorlq uidasar esul of

alarmcon ition Con d it i ninwhicha ir

dete torisgi vin gasign alspe ifiedasind

i-ct in gt hep sible xist enc of fir

B 4 2

alarmin ication Ind ic t i natt hein icat

in eq ipment t o sh wt h a dete tio

sig alha sbenreciv ed

B 4 2

alarmoffire War n in of ir ,or igin at ed y

aper so orb a nau t omat icd evic

B 4 2

alarmoffire<false Se false alarmof

fir e

alarmre c e ivin c e nt re C onti nuuslyman e d

pr emises,r emot efr omt hoseinw cha ir

alarmsysemisfit ted ,wh er et h einforma

-t i ncon cer n in t hesateoft he ir ealarm

sysem is d isplayed and / or r ecor d ed , so

th att he ir ean r escu eser vic c n esu

m-mo ed

alarmsie cefaci ty Mea nsoft emp r a r ily

d isabln ord esensi zin asmokealarm

t imeofd et ect i n.Thebasiso whicht h e

t imeofig it i nisd et ermin edn eed st obe

sta t ed

FDIS13 4

alarmv lv Se sprink le alarmv alv e

alarm v lv < ltern te Se sprinkle

alarmv lve<alter nate>

B EN12 4

alarm v lv <comp site Se sprinkle

alarmv alv e<comp site>

*B 4 2 -4

alarmv lv < ry> Se esprin kle ralarmvalve

<dry>

B EN12 4

alarm v lv <pre-action Se sprinkle

alarmv alv e<pr e-actio >

B EN12 4

alarm v lv <recycln > Se sprinkle

alarmv alv e<r cycln >

alarmv lv <wet> Se sprinkle alarm

v lve<wet>

B EN12 4

alarmzon G eo ra ph ica lsu b-di v isio oft h e

pr ote tedpr emisesinwhichanalarmof

fir ec n egiv ensepar a t elyfromanyot her

su -d i vision

B 4 2

alcohol resista t foamconce tate Se

fo mco c ntrate<alco olrsisa t>

ISO8 21-4

alerer system Cal-o t system ut izin

p ck et-alerter, c riedb retained

fire-fig t e ,w char et r ig er ed yar a o

sig-nalr emot elyt r ansmit t ed

FireS erviceMa u l FireS erviceTechn

l-o y,E uipme ta dMedia– ireS ervic e

Equipme t–Insp ct io a dTest i ng of

E uipme tVol1

alg t(adjective) Und erg in gcomb sio

FDIS13 4

alowableta eltime Timet oesca e r om

abu ild in t oaplac ofsaftyor,insome

cir cumsa c s,aprote tedzo e

alph n mericdispla In d ica t orca pableof

gi vin infor mat i nb t hed ispla yofmes

sages co sistn oftext an /or n meric

cha r act e

B EN5 -2

alterablememory Memor ywh ose o t en t s

cn e lt er edaspar toft h eo er at i n ft he

co tr ola din icatin eq ipmentwit h out

th eu seofa n yspe ia lpr ogr a mmin gd evic

ext er na lt ot hesyst em

*B 5 3 -4

altern tiv es ape route Esca e ro te

su fficien t lysepa ra ted yeit h erdi cti na n d

spa e,orb fir e-r esistn gco st r uct i n, t o

ensu r et h aton eis t il ava ila blesh u ldt he

ot herbe f cted yfir

altern tiv e it Oneoft w oormor eexit,

ea ch fwhichis epar a te r omt h eot h er

AMA Se sprinkle <as umedma imum

ar ea fo e atio (AMA )>

ambie tcon ition Pro erty fthesurround

-in sou tsid et heinflu enc of fir

PD7 7 -2

a alog ed tector Dete tor which gi v es

ano t pu tsig a l r epr esen tin gt heva lu e of

t hesen sed hen men n

Note Th isca nbe t r ue n alo uesign alor

ad igit alyen cod edeq u iva lentoft h esensed

valu e

a chorin <forac onveyorsystem> Means

ofa tt a chmentoft he losur eforaconv eyor

sysem t ot h e var io s comp nen t soft he

su p r t in goras ociatedsu p rtin co

-sructio <for a co vey r sysem> to

en sur ecorr ectfu ncto in g

a ci aryd vice De vic ,fa ci t yor yst em

whichisr eq uir edto per at einr esp nsetoa

fir alarmsig al

ap la ce e tiationd ct Ductpr ovid ed

t oco veycom bu steda irth rou ghag a sa ppl

-a n ce

A prov edDocume t B (F ire safety ) –

Volume1:Dwel n h uses(2 0 Edition)

ap lcator Ext ensio t u be oraspr ayn

z-zlet oena ble no er at ort oap lysprayt o

ot her wiseina ccs iblepla es

ap roachfirefig tin Lim ite speia lizd

fir efig t i g per at i nsco d uct edatad is

t anc fr om incid ent sinvolvin v er y hig

lev els ofr a d ian t , co v ect iv e an d co t a ct

hea t ,su chasfir esinolvin gbu lk

flamma-bleg sa nd / orb lkflamma lelq id

B 4 2

ap rov lsb d Organiz to r esp nsible

forap r ovin t he fir e saet yaspe t s of

b id in g

B 7 7

ap rov lsb d <C nst uction Prod cts

Directiv > Bo y auth riz d to is ue

Eu r ope nTe hn ic lAp r ovals Ar t icle 0

oft heCPD)

T e Co stuctio Pro ucts Directiv

(Co nci Directiv 8 / 10 / EEC)

a u ousfilmf ormin f oamconce t ate

(AF F) Se fo mco c ntrate<a ueo s

fimformin (AF F)>

B 4 2

arcresista ce Abi t yofa nele t rica llyin

su-la tin gmate ialt or esistt h einfluenc ofa n

ele t r icarca lo git ssur fa e, u nd er pe

i-fiedco d it i ns

Note The ar c r esist an ceis id en fiedb

th elen gt hoft hear c,t he bsenc orpr es

enc of co d uctn gpat h ,t heb r n in or

d ama geoft hespe imenu nd ert est

B ENISO13 4

arctr ackin < lec trotech ical> Se tr a

ck-i ng<ele tr ote h ical>

B ENISO13 4

are clas ification < ust> No o a l d i

vi-sio ofw or k s, (plan t orinst a llat i n)int o

zon esina ccor d a nc wit hth elkelh oo of

fort h ep r poseofsele t i n ,in st alat i nan d

mainten nc of letric lap arat us

are of cov ra e A a t hr ou h ou t which

spe chsign alsfr omav oic alarmsysem

ar esu fficient lyint el gible n w ar nin g

sig-nalsfromt hesy st emar esuficien t lyau d

i-ble

B 5 3 -8

are ofhig erfirerisk R oomorot herar ea

w ch ,be auseofit sfu nct i nand / orco

-tent s,pr esent sagr e err iskof ireoc u r

-r in a ndd ev elo in t hanelsewher e

Note S charescni ncl ude l arg ekichen,

b ierroom,la rgest or erooman dot h er

im-ia rr isk s

are ofsprink lero eration Flo rar a

t obeflo d edb a sprink le sysem, for

d esig ca lcula t io p r poses

aslow as re son bly practical ALAR )

W h erea llrea son a blem ea su resw il beta ken

inr espe tofr isk swhichleint het oler a ble

zo etor ed uc th emfur t heru nt ilt he ostof

fur t herr iskr ed uct i nisgr oslyd ispr op r

-to a tet ot heben efit

PD7 7 -7

AS T Se aa ila blesa fee sc a pet i me( A SET)

asph xia t Tox i ca ntcausin hyp xia,resul

t-in inc n t r alner vou ssy st emd epr esio or

crdio vascul are etswithl os of o scio s

nes an dult imat elyd eat h

FDIS13 4

aspirate ap aratus Sampln ap aratus

which d r a ws asampleoft he at mosph er e

int oasen sorb mea nsof p mp

B 4 2

aspirate foam Se fo m<aspirated>

B 4 2

aspiratin d tection system Fir dete

-tio syseminw chasampleoft he t

mo-sph er eint hepr ote tedsp c is ucked ya

fa norpu mpint oa ir edete torwhichca n

ber emot efr omt h epr ote tedsp c

B 4 2

aspiratin d tector Dete tor system in

whicha sample oft h eat mosp ere int h e

pr ote tedsp c is u cked ya a norp mp

int oadete torwhichmay er emot efr om

t hepr ot ect edspa e

*B 5 3 -1

as embly Unitor t r u ct u comp sedof

combin at i nofmate ialsorpr od ct,or

as ista cemes a e Mes a ge r omt h efir e

a pplan ces,eq u ipmen torper so n elt oa ir e

orot heremergency

ISO8 21-8

as ociate constuction F rmof on stru

c-t i nt h atma yber eq uir edfort h et est in gof

some lement sof on st r uct i na ndt ow ch

t h etes spe imenisco n ected ,e.g.t hew al

in t owhichaglaz delementw ouldbe it

-t e

B 4 6-3

as ociate fl orare ofa atium Flo r

ar eaina natriumb idin (in clud in t he

a r eaoft h eatriumb se)n otsepa r at edfr om

t h eatriumb con st r ucto havin a fir e

r sisa c eq u alt ot hatr eq uir edforth e

ele-ment soft hest r uctu r eoft heb id in g

Note The r eaoft hea t r iumba sesh uld

beinclu d edint he a lcula tio oft hea

ssoci-at edflo rar ea

B 5 8 -7

as ociate sup orin const uction<fora

conv ey orsystem> S e ific on stru cti n

inwhichaclosur a dconv eyorsysem

as embly is t o be insta lleda ndwhichis

usedt ocloseoft he ur n ac an dpr ovid et he

lev elsof esraintan t her malh eatt r ansfr

to e x erienc din or ma luse

B EN13 6-7

as ociate wal constuction Me han ism

forclosin t hev er t ic lsid eof furna e or

th er eq uir ed er io ofir er esisa c

B EN13 4-3

(AMA ) Se sprink le <as umedma

i-mumar ea fo e atio (AMA )>

< y ra lcalymostf avourable

loca-tion Se esprin kle r<assum e dm axim um

ar ea fo e atio ,mos h dra lcaly

fa-v oura lelocatio >

atium(pl.atia) S a ewih ina b id in g,

n tne esar ilyv er t ic lyalg ed , pas in

t hr ou gh neormorest r uct ur a lflo r s

Note Enclose dliftwe llsan e sclatorwe lls,

b id in gse vic sd ct an dst air w aysa r e

n tclas ifiedasat r ia

B 5 8 -7

at riumb as e Planare aofthelo e stfloorl eve l,

b u nd edb lnespr oje t edd ownfr omt h e

ed ge ofth e flo r labim ed iat ely ab v e

t helowestflo rlev elwit hint h eatrium

nom-e naoc ur r in d u r in b rnin sucha s

flam-in debris, dartn flames, for mato of

spa r k s

B EN1 0

a dibi ty<ofafirealarm> Pr oper t yof

sou ndwhicha llowsi t obehe r damo g

ot her ou nd s

Note Au ibi ty d epend s u o th e r

ela-t iv elo d nes an dfr eq uencycon t entoft he

soundincompari so with ther oundsw ch

ar epr esentatt h esamet ime

a thority<sprinklerap rov ls>

Organi-za tio ,ofic orind ivid ua lresp nsiblefor

s po nt ane o usig it io n I gn itio re sui ngfro m

ariseoftem pera t u rew ith ou tasepa ra t ei

gni-tio so r ce

Note Th eig it i nmay e ausedeit her

b self-heatin orb hea t in fr oma next e

na lso rce

Note2 Se alsoself-ig itio

FDIS13 4

a to-ig itiontemperature

self-ig itiontemperature

sp nta eousig itiontemperature

Mini-mumtemperatureatwhi chi g ni t i oniso

tain-edun d er pe ifiedt estcon d it i nswit hou t

anyso rceofpiotedig itio

Note It sme su r edin°C

FDIS13 4

a tomaticd v iceorsy stem De v ic or y

s-t empr ovid in anemergen cyfu nct i nwit

e-terminedtel ephonenumberandsu sequentl y

t r an smis avoic mes a geviaaswit ch ed

t elep o en et w ork

*B 4 3 -1

a tomaticdo rr ele semech nism Devic

t ha tc nbeusedforr et a inin ad oorint h e

o en osit i n ,again stt h ea to of d or

close, a nd a ut omat ic ly r ele sin g un d er

spe ifiedcon d it i ns

a tomaticfire etection n alarmsystem

Sy st em(ot hert h anasin gleself o t a ined

smokealarmorfir alarm)inw chan

alarmoffir e may be in ita t ed a ut om

a tomaticfireprotectionsy stem Se fir e

pr ote tio sysem<a tomatic>

B 4 2

a tomaticfiresig al Alarmof ir eor

igi-nat ed ya na ut o a t icd evic ,giv enau d ibly

and / orvisibly

B 4 2

a tomaticfiresup resionsystem

Fire-fig tin sy st emd esign edt oa ut omat icly

su pr es orextin uisha ir

FireS afety Risk sesme t

a tomaticlowerin ln Devic forlower

-in gper son s fr oma h eigh t , fit t ed wit h an

automatc br ake to co trol the spe d of

d esc n

B 4 2

a tomaticp were smok ea d h ate

-h ustv ntiator Se smokev entiator

<a tomaticp wer ed>

B 4 2

a tomaticrele semech nism Se a

to-maticd orr eleaseme h nism

B 4 2

a tomatic elfclosin d vice Dev ic which

isc pableof losin ad oorfr omanyan le

an againsta n ylat chfit t edt ot h ed oor

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a tomatic mo ea dh atex ha stv

nti-lator Se smokev ent il ator<a t omati c>

a tomatic mokecur ain Se smoke

cur-tain<a tomatic>

a tomatic te minjectionsystem Sy st em

ofpipesco n ect edt oasu pply fst ea ma nd

fit t edwih ozlesa tsu ita bleint er valsan d

heig t s, t hr ou hwhichst eam isd

ischarg-edau t omat ica llyo t h eo er at i nof fir

dete tor

ISO8 21-4

a tomatic/ma u l ch n eov r d vice

Devic t ha tca nbeo er at edt opr ev en tt he

fir e dete tio sysemfr oma t i vat in gt h e

a u t om a t icrelea seof xti ng i shi ngmedium

whiet hepr ote tedsp c isoc u pied

a tomatic/ma u lorma u l-onlych n

e-ov rd vice Devic t h c nbeo er at ed

beor eaper so en t er saspa epr ote tedb

a ir eextin uishin sysempr ev en n gt h e

fir e dete tio sysemfr oma t i vat in gt h e

aut o at icr ele se

HTM81:Fire recautio sinn wh spitals

(Firecode).19 6

a aiabi ty Abi t y of sy st emtobeina

satet oper for mareq u ir edfu ct i nu d er

gi v encon d it i nsatagi v enin st a oft imeor

ov eragi v en meint er val,a ssumin gt h t h e

r eq uir edext ernalr esou r cesar epr ovid ed

PD7 7 -7

a aiablesafees apetime(AS T) C

cu-lat edt ime va ila blebet we nig itio of

fir ea ndt h et ime tw chten bi tyc

ite-riaa r eexc ed edinaspe ifiedspa eina

b id in g

a era eafterflametime Av er age oft he

whicht het estpie e on t in uest ob r nat er

t hebu r nerflameha sbe nwit hd r a wn

Note It sex r esedins

B EN2 10

a era eburn le gth Av er age oft h ed is

t ancsmea sur edforea cht estpie e r omt h e

or igin aled gesoft h etestpie est ot he a r

-t hes-text entofd a mager esu lt i gfr omflame

impi ng ement.Thisincl udesareaswhichhave

u d erg ne comb sio , ch r in , pa r t ial

ort ot al embritt lement bu t exclu d es ar ea s

whichh av ebe omebla kened ,st ain ed ,d is

t or t ed , d iscolo re or hav e shriv eled or

melt ed yt h ehet

Note Themea sur ement sar eex r es edin

m

B EN2 10

a era econce tationofflammablecoat

in p wd rinair Mas of lamma le

co tin p wde in t r od uc dint ot hespr a

y-in ar ead i vid edb t h evolu meof ira s

ext r act edb th ev en la tio sy st emd ur in g

t hesameper io oft ime

B EN5 17

a era econce tation offlammable

sol-v ntsinair Mas of lamma lesolv en t s

in t r od uc dint oaspr a yin a r ead i vid edb

t hev lumeofa irasext r a ct ed yav en t

ila-t i nsyst emd ur in t hesameper io oft ime

B EN5 17

aver ag flamin timeofdr oplets Se fla m

-in timeofdr oplet <a v era e>

av era e e t orsustain dburnin Aver

age ofthe values ofheatfor susained

b r nin mea sur eda tanu mberofspe ified

a era erateofcombustion Av er a ger a t e

ca lcula tedforea cht estpie eb t a k in t he

q u ot ien toft hed ist anc cov er ed ya lame

bet we nt w o su it a bler efr en cep int sb

t hetmet aken

Note Me surements are ex res ed in

m min

B EN2 10

a i-symeticplume Plumeof omb sio

pr od ct an dent r a in edairrisin a bov ea

fireso r cewh er et he irisen t r ained

sym-met r ica llyt ow a r d st h eso r ce

PD7 7 -2

back urn Se co nte fir e.

ISO8 21-8

backdr af Rapidfla mingc omb usti onc used

b t hesud d enint r od u ct i n f irin toa on

-finedspacewhichcontainsox yg en-deicient,

h tpr od uct sofincomplet ecombu st i n

Note Insome asest hese o d ito smay

r esu lt nanex losio

FDIS13 4

backin b ar d No -c om b ust i blebardused

tosu p r t ,shieldorinsu lat easpe imenin

a ir tes u d er pe ifiedcon d it i n s

B ISO5 5 -2

bala ce system Se exti ng ishi ngsy st em

<b la c d>

B 5 0 -7

balcon ac es /balcon ap roach (Apa

rt-m en tb u ildin gs desig inw h ichea chd wel

l-in is a ppr oa hedexter na lly via an o en

baseme t St o ywit ha flo r whichis a t

somep intmor et ha n1.2mbelowt hehigh

-est ev elofgr ou da d ja entt oth eo t sid e

w als

B 5 8 -1

be md tector Comp nent s,in clu din ga ny

r efle t or s, n ec sar y for t h e d et ect i n of

t heo t ica lbea meman at es

be av iouralse ario Descrip o oft h e

be-havio rofoc u an tsd urin gt h eco r seof

fir e

FDIS13 4

biologicalasa

bioas a S st em t od et ect and / orme sure

t he mou ntof biolo ic lyati v e

mate-rial

B ISOTR912 -2

black od Bo yw chcomplet elyabsor bs

anyele t r omagn et icra a tio fl n u o

it

FDIS13 4

black od ra ia tsource Rad iantso r ce

whichpr od u cesele t r omag et ic r a d iat i n

asd escr ibedb Pla nck’sd ist r ibu tio fu

b d Sh el of t he extin uishe n t fit t ed

wit h it s a ccs ories b t fit t ed wit h al it s

weld ed ar t s

Note Bo yisth eter mcommon lyu sedfor

r efr en cet ofir eex n uish er s.Int hepa k

-agin ind ust r y in gen er al t he t erm ‘con

-t ain er ’isu sedfort he q u ivalen tit em

b d fitin s Th osepa rt sofa next i ng ishe

t hat ,un d ern r malw or k in co d ito s,ar e

perma nent lyat t a chedt ot h eb d shel an

ar esu bje tt ot hew or kin pr es u r e

B 5 0 -3

b d sh l Un fin ish ed u t erca seofa nexti

n-g ishe usual l ycomprisingac yl in riclpart

wit hd isheden d s,an con t ainin ganaper

-tureoraperturesforcharg ingthee x ting uisher

orfor u bsequ en tfitt in gof om pon en tssu ch

asn z les,pr esur egau gesan closur es

*B 5 0 -3

b i ov r Co d it i ninw cht h eh tzo ea t

th e t opof b r nin glq uidext en d s suf

i-cien tlyd eeplyt ob i w at ert h ath asd r a ined

tot hebaseoft helq uid ,soth atala rgepa r t

Note Ift h elq u idisflamma le,t hensu

b-seq u en tig itio oft h ed isper sedva poriz d

bu ild in , or, wh er eth ela nda but sa r oa d ,

raiw ay,ca nalorriv er,t he ent r eln eoft h at

road ,r aiw ay,c n alorr iv er

b u din are A aoft herealorn to

-enclosu r er oun dah zard pr ote ted b a

totalflo din extin uishin sysem

B 5 0 -7

b x dryriser> F rmof on st ru ct i nw h ich

c n en close a la din v lve when p

si-t i ned :

– o t he a eof w al

– wit hinad ct;

– insuchaw ayaswi complet et h eexist

-in st r uct ur et ofor ma nenclosur e

B 5 41-4

b x foam/ dryriserinlet> Bo co t ain in g

t hein let s of o m pipes or w at ermain s,

inst a lledin,orwit h int heb un d a r iesoft h e

site ofab idin , prefr a blyr ec s edin

aw al wit h inlet sn r malyatst r eet ev el

t h rou ghw h ichfo morwa t erca nbepu m ped

t oprovid easu pplyatd isch argep int at

vario slev elsinabu ild in

B 5 41-5

b x inlet> Bo cotai nin theinl etsofoa m

pipesorw at ermain s,insta lledinorwih in

t heb u nd ar iesoft hesiteofa uidin

b x<outlet> F rmof on st r uct i nenclos

in ala din v alv e

b x edv alu Criterio u seda tt h eENVst a ge

t og et h erw it ht h eN a t ion a lAp lca tio

Doc-u m en t s, of r in g a Na t ion a lch oic for a

valu e.(tha stod isap ea rinth eENEur

bra ch system Se sprinkle sysem

<bra ch>

ISO8 21-4

bre thin ap aratus Self-co t a inedap

a-ratusdesig nedtoal l o wa i reig hterto rethe

inanot h er wisen n-r espir a ble t mosp er e

foralmied er iod

ISO8 21-8

bre thin ap aratus<compres e air>

Br eat hi ng p aratusu sin gcom preseda ir,

inw chth eex eledairisn tr e-u sedan d

thesuppl yi sg o verned ythewearer’sbreat

in d emand

B 4 2

bre thin ap aratus<p sitiv pres ure

Brathin a p ratus wher einaco st a nt

pr es ur e, ab v e th at ofa t osph er ic pr es

sur e,isma in t ainedwit hinth efc ma sk

ISO8 21-8

bre thin ap aratus <re e erativ >

Brathin a p ratus,usu alyusin go

y-gen,inw chth eexh aledairisr ecy cledan

t hesu plyisg v er nedata on st a r at e

ISO8 21-8

bre thin ap aratus commu ication set

St a nd a r dbr eathin a p ratusincor por at

-in ame n sof ommun ic t i n et wenth e

br eat hin ga ppar at u scon t r olper so n elan

t hele d eroft h ebr eat h in a ppar at u st ea m

ISO8 21-8

bre thin ap aratus ontolb ard Dis

playb a r dcompr isin se t i n sint owhich

br eathin a p ratusid en fict i nt a lles

cn be inser t ed an d o w ch ad d it i n al

infor mat i nc n erecor d ed

ISO8 21-8

b re athin app aratuscontrolb oard<stag 1>

Br eathin a p ratusco trolb ardused

whent h er eisn otmor et ha non eent r yp in t

t oabu ild in inuse n dwh ent her ear en t

mor et ha nfo rbr eathin a p ratuswe r

-er s

b re athin ap p aratuscontrolb oard stag 2

Br athin a p ratusco tr olb ardused

whent her eismor et han n een tryp intt oa

b id in inuse, or wh en mor e t ha n fo r

we rer s are d eploy ed , t o co-or d in at e a nd

co t r olt h eat i it iesatsta ge en dp int s

ISO8 21-8

bre thin ap aratus id ntif ication taly

Per son alco t r olt ago w chisrecor d ed

t hen ameofth ewea r er,t imeof nt r yt ot he

b id in g,an dcyln d erpr esur eatt h att ime

(Theta gisletwit ht hebr eathin a p

ra-tuscon t r oloficr.)

ISO8 21-8

br eathin ap ar atus afetyln Lig htli ne,

o whicht her emaybeind ic t ors, u sedt o

as istbr eathin a p ratuswea r er st ofin d

br eechin <colec tin > Fi in usedtounie

t w oormor elen th sofh oseint oo eh oseor

pipe

ISO8 21-8

bre chin <contole > Di vid in gor

col-le tin gbre ch in gfit tedw itha o trolv al v e

brid e e d Pa r tof b id in g,u sua llyt he

flo rbelowt he ir (flo rab v eint h ec se

ofa b sement from which fir fig tin

t eamsma ybesaelycom it t edtoat t ackt h e

fir e

buidin eleme t Int egr a lpa r t of b it

envir onment

Note Thisin clud es flo r s,w als, bea ms,

colu mns,d oor s,an dpenet r a t io s,b td oes

n t n clud eco t en t s

FDIS13 4

buidin protection activ > Pr ovisio of

afir dete tio sysem and / or a n

extin-g ishin sysemwit h inab id in gt olmi

Note Examplesofot her t r uct u r esin clud e

tune ls,bri dge s,ofsh replatformsan mi n

mate ial h athasbe nd est r oyedb

com-b sio orp r olysis,u nd er pe ifiedcon

-d it i nsexclu d in a n yaread ama ged nly y

burn dle gth Maximumext ent naspe

i-fiedd ir ecto oft heb r ned r ea

Note It sex r es edinm

Note2 Se a lso ama edlen th

B ENISO13 4

burnin be a iour Al t heph ysic land / or

ch emica l chan gest hatt akepla ewh ena n

iemise xposedtoaspe ifiedi gni t i onso re

B ENISO13 4

burnin be a iour<firetests> Resp n se

ofa tes spe imen wh en i b r n s un d er

spe ifiedcon d it i n s

FDIS13 4

burnin rat e De pre c ate dte r Se eareabu rn

-in grate; inearb rnin rate;mas b r

n-i ngr a te;hea trlea ser a te;andfla mespre a d

rate

FDIS13 4

burstin Violentr u pt ureofa no je td uet o

an v erpr es ur ewit hini oru po it

B ENISO13 4

burstin pres ure <ofa e tin uish r>

Mi ni mumplasti ci nstabi l i ty re ssureo tai ne d

d u r in ab rsin t estu nd erpr es ure

*B EN3-3

calbration <of acomputation l mod l>

Pr oc s ofa d just in gmod el n gpa r amet e

ina omp t at i nalmod elfort h epu r poseof

impro v in ag rementwithe xperimentaldata

cal-outinstalation L ineinstal l ato or adio

ale rte rsyste m,wi t aso ci ate dc on trole q

uip-m e n tusedt o sum o fir efig te s t ot he

fir esatio fromt heirh mesa nd / orpla ces

of mploy men

FireS ervic eTrainingMa u l

cal-outp int Pla ce r omwhicha al-o t

insalatio isr emot elyco t r oled

FireS ervic eTrainingMa u l

calo ficp te tial Depre atedterm.Se he a t

ca o y Anyh or izo t a lst r uct u pr oje t i g

in t oavoid ,e.g.th esofi of nu perlev el

w alk w a y w chis n tfulyst ep edba k

fr omt helev elbelow

B 5 8 -10

carcontolstation Co t r olpan el nt helft

crfort heuseofpa ssen ger s

carb n dioxid (CO

2

Th echemic l

com-p u d C

2used as a fire extin uishin

medium

B EN2 9 3(B 6 3 -1ISO5 2 )

c arb o ndio xid e xt in uis hin s ys t e m Fi xe d

extin uishin sysem con ta inin C

2as

extin uishin medium

ISO8 21-4

c arb o ndio xid firee xt in uis he r F iree xtin

-guish e rcon t a in in gcarb n i oxidea sext

in-g ishin mediumun d erpr esur e

ISO8 21-4

carb x yha moglo in saturation Percent

-ageofblo d a emo lo incov er t edt oca

r-b x h aemo lo infr omt her ev er sibler ea

c-t i nwit hin haledca r bo mon oxid e

FDIS13 4

catasto hiclos (CL) Est ima t eoft helos

o asite(of b id in g)r esult i gfr omt h e

folowin t ypeof v en t s:

– E xpl o si o ns e su i ngfrommasivere le ase s

of lamma le v p urs orgases,

com-mon lyk n ownas ‘va po rclo d ’ ex

lo-sion s

– Tan korv eselfiur esr esu lt i gin

flam-ma lelq idfir esinvolvin largea r eas

ofpl a ,incl udin b ili ngli qui dex pa nd

-i ngv ap ur x losio s B EVEs

– Pr esu r e r u pt ur e ofpr oc s eq u ipmen t

r esult i gind a mage r omsh r ap el

– Ther ele seof largeq ua nt it yoft oxic

g a sw h ich ,a lt h ou ghn otn ecs a riyca u

s-in gsig ifica nt proper t y d amage, cou ld

r esu lt nsig ificn tbsin es int er r u pt i n

asar esul ofh avin t oshu tplan td own

pend in ginv est i a tio

Th ese v ent sd on ot n clud esab t age,n at

u-r al d isast e such a s hu r r ica nes or e r t

h-catchpit Enclosur eusua llyfi edwit hsto e

chip in sn or ma llybelowgr ou ndlev elt o

con t ainle k a geor pi ageof lamma le

and / ort oxiclq uid

ISO8 21-2

ca ity Anyco c aledsp c orhid d envoid

wit h in a b id in which cou ld pr ovid e a

r ea d y r out e for mokeorfir spr eade.g

spa cesinro f on stru cti n ,cv itiesinwa lls,

t hevoid et we nt h esuspen edc i n an

t heu nd er sid eoft het opcov er in

B 5 0 -2

ca itybar ier Co str ucto , other than a

smoke curtain, pr ovid edt o closea co

-c aledsp c againstpenetratio ofsmoke

orflame,orpr ovid edt or estrictt h emov

e-mentofsmokeorflamewit h insu chaspa ce

B 4 2

cei n Mate ialfix edu nd era lo rorr oof

plus anysu pp r t in framew ork ,includ in g

han gers,fixin gsan anyinsulatio

cei n ho k To lcon sist i g f p le,

hav-in gamet a lp intwit haspu ratr ig tan gles,

ma inly sedt op l d ownc i n sorot h er

simia rco st r uct i nsto aina ccs t ob r n

pr ovid e h r izon t alfir sep ratio asd is

t in ctfr ompr ote tio t oanyflo rorr oof

ab v e

cei n s re n Se smokeb fle

cei n sy stem F l c i n asemblysu

-mit t edtot est, includ in gh an ger s an d

fix-in s, e.g lg t in g an dv en t ila t io d uctn g

an da c s p int s

B EN13 5-2

cei n void Cavi t ybetweenastructuralfloor

orr oofa ndt hesuspen edc i n below,

t hro g which u ild in ser vic sma ypa ss

c e nt ralys upp lie dlumin ire Se ee m e rgen c y

lumin ir e<c ntralysu pled>

ch n el n s re n Smokeba r r ierora ut

o-m icsmoke ba r r ier fit t ed ben ea t ha

bal-co ytopre ven tside w a y sem is io ofsm oke

fr oma ir alo gt h eu nd er sid eof balcony

B 7 4 -3

ch r(n u ) Carbon ac ou sr esid uer esu lt in g

fr omp rolysisorincomplete omb sio

Note Insomest an d a r d s,ch rlen this

d efined yaspe ifict estmet hod

Note2 Se also ur nedlen th

ch racteristic material pro eries Pr

op-er t iesof mate ialw char espe ifiedfor

agr ad eofmat er ia lw chmaybeu sedfor

ch rg ofa e tin uish r Mas orvolume

oft he x n uish in agentcon t ainedint h e

ch rin F r mat i nb h eat i gofmor eor

les p r ec rbo d u r in p r olysisorin

c he mic al nc ide ntu it F ir a plan c ewhi ch

ca r r iesawid eran eof q u ipmen tan d

pro-t ecpro-t i v ecloth in ford ealn wit hchemica l

emergencies,in clud in gde o tamin tio

ISO8 21-8

ch micalprotectionsuit Rub erorpla st ic

sui which,inco juncto wihsel f-co tai ned

br athin a p ratus, glo es an b ots,

a or d spr ot ect i nt oth esk infr omd ama ge

b a ggresi vesoldsorlqu idsth rou ghspi

-a geor plash

ch micalsplashsuit Protetveo veral lmade

of hemiclyr esist antmate ial

ISO8 21-8

chimn yeffect Upw ardmov ement ofh t

fir efluent c used b con ve tio cur

r en t scon fin edwit h inanesen tia llyv er t ica l

d ealn wihch imn eyfir es

FireS erviceTrainin Ma u l

circulationspace S a ce(includ in gapr

o-te tedsairwa )mainly sedasame n sof

a c s bet we nar ooman danexitfr omt h e

b id in orcomp rtment

B 5 3 -1

circumsta ces Fa ts or co di o s which

a e tt heh zardcr eat edb ad efinedfir e

scn rio,e.g.t h ei gnit i onsou rce,th emat

e-ri alfir st g ited,h wt h efir spread s

B 7 9 -1

clap er Ty peofsea lin asembly

ISO618 -6

clarity Pr oper t yof so n whicha llowsit s

in form a t ion -bea rin gcomp nent st obeiden

-tified yt helstener

B 5 3 -8

clas <clas ification Se marine

<divi-sio >an fir eclas ificatio

clas 0 Pr od ctfir epe forma c clas

ifi-catio forw a ll an d c i n lnin s wh en

t est edtospe ifiedcon d it i n s

A pr oved Docume t B (Fi r e safet y) –

Volume1:Dweling o ses(2 0 Ed io )

Clas Afire Fir e( involvin soldmate

i-comb sio n or ma llyt a kespla cewit ht h e

for ma t io ofglowin embers

cle rwidth Wid t hof corr id or,st a ir,pas

sageord oor w a yo enin , me sureda tit s

na r r owestp in

B 5 8 -1

cle rin d vice<foracon ey orsystem>

Devic whichis gen er a llypa r tofa con

-v eyorsysemusedt ocle rt h eclosur eara

oft r a nsp r t ableg od sd urin t h eshu t t in

oft h eclosur eforaconveyorsysem

B EN13 6-7

clnker S lda gglom era teofresidu esform ed

b eit hercompleteorincomplete omb s

tio a ndwhichmayr esu ltfr omcomplet eor

pa r t ialmelt i g

B ENISO13 4

close section ofpipework That se t i n

bet we n t w ovalv es whichma y be int

en-tonal l yorunintentio al l ycl osed,orbetween

valv esan dst or age on ta iner sinclud in gfi

-in an pr od uctbala nc lnes

B 5 0 -4

close test ar a g me t F r m of

om-p rtment,c pableofimp sin ar est r ict i n

o v en lat i natsomest a ged ur in ga ir e

B 4 6-3

closin d vice <for a con ey or sy stem>

con v eyorsysemwhich r ovid esar et u r nt o

closed osi o

Note Th eclosin devic en sur est h att h e

closu re ora o vey or y st emisclosedfrom

anyo en osit i n

B EN13 6-7

closure a d con e or system as embly

Complet easembly f closur eforacon

-v eyorsysema nd ,wh er er elevan it sfr ame

orgu id e,whichispr ovid edforclosin ofa

per man ento enin inasep ratin wal

This inclu d es t he a nch or in par t sfor t h e

co ne t i nwit ht h esep ratin element,a

len gt hofa nypenetratin comp nento

eit her id eoft h eco st r u ct i nan dt he

pene-tratio seal, anyse ln syst em bet we n

t he losu r esy st ema nda n yclosin a nd /or

sep ratin devic

closureforacon e orsy stem Devic t o

sh t an o enin for acon vey or sysem

wit hina ir esep ratin element

Note Aclosur foraconv eyorsysem

in-clu d es al comp nent u sed t o close t h e

o enin g e.g fr a mes, g id e r ais, pivotn g

flaps,fit t in san dint er lockin d evic s

B EN13 6-7

cod compla t Wher eab id in gorpa r tof

ab id in gcompleswit ht herecom end a

-t i nsofa nap r opr iat epr escr ipt i v ecod e

PD7 7 -0

coincid nced tection Dete to meth d

inwhicha n alarmco ditio is o t ained

o l ywhenatl east woi ndepen entfiredete

-tor sh owt hepr esenc ofir e

R 3 –P ar 5 Electro icdata roc esin

colapse Me ha nic l fiure of complet e

spe iment h ata llowsi t ofa llfr omt hep

si-t i nin towhichi hasbe nfix ed

B 4 6-2

colectin h a Fit t in u sedt oco n ecto e

ormorelnesofh set ot hesucto inletof

p mp

ISO8 21-8

colectorp int Unman nedr emote c ntr

inwhicht hesign alsfr oman umberof ir e

d et ect i na nd / orex n u ishin gsyst emsa r e

colet edforon wa rdtra n sm isio t oa n ot h er

combin tiond tector Fir edetetor

om-binin gt w oormored et ectn gpr inciplesina

sin leh usin g

ISO7 4 -1

combin d mer ge c ylumin ir e Se em

er-g e ncylumin ir e<combined>

B 4 2

combin dme iumex tin uishin sy stem

Sy st eminwhichmor et h an ne xtin

uish-in mediumis u sedt o extin uish afir

combustibleloa Theor etclmas which

w ou ldbelostfr omates spe imenwhen

i isa ssumedt ohav eu d erg n ecomplete

comb sio ina ir et estap ar a tu s

FDIS13 4

combustion Ex t her micrea t i nof su

-st an cewit han xid izr

Note Comb sio generalyemis e

lu-en t acompan iedb fla mesan d / orvisible

lgh t

B ENISO13 4

combustion eff icie cy R ato ofthe he t

r ele sed in acomb sio r ea ct i n t o t he

t heor et iclhea tof omplete omb sio

Note Comb si one ici encyca nbe a

l-cula t ed n lyforc seswh erecomplet e

com-b sto c n ed efin ed

Note2 Comb st i neficien cyisusu aly

ex res edasaper cen t age

Note It sd imensio les

FDIS13 4

combustionprod ct Se pr od ctof

om-b sio

combustion toxicity Capa iyof su

-st an cewit h ina ir ee luentt oca useinjur y

y-len eora nymixt uret hereof

FireCerific tes(SpecialPremises)Re

u-commercialpro a e Hy droca rb nm ix tu re

con sist i gpr ed ominan t lyofpr opane,pr

o-py leneora n ymixt ur et her eof

FireCerific tes(SpecialPremises)Re

u-latio s19 6 ch d le1Par I

common me ity r eas A re s uchaski

ch-ens,lau nd r ies,d r yin gar ea san oc u ier s’

storest h a ta rerem ot efromin di v idu a ldw el

commonmod faiure Fa ilur einvolvin ga

sin le so r ce t h at a et s mor e t han on e

t ypeofsaftysystemsimult an eo sly

compar me tfl or Flo rusedt osepar at e

on efir comp rtmentfr oma not her

B 4 2

compar me twal Wal u sed t o separ at e

on efir comp rtmentfr oma not her

B 4 2

comparme tation Su b-div isio of b u ild

-in gb fir er esisin w alsa nd /orflo r sfor

t hep r poseoflmit i gfir espr ea dwit hin

t heb id in

compatibi ty Se fo mcomp tibi ty

ISO8 21-4

compe sator De v ic th a tisu sedtopre ven t

d ama ge r omt h eforcesgen er a t ed yex a

n-sion

compete tperson Per so wit ht hene es

sa rytra in in ga n dex perien ce,a n dw itha ccs

t ot her eq uisit et ools,eq uipmentan in for

-mat i n,a c pt ed yt h er ele vanta ut h or it ies

ascpableof ar r y in o tad efinedt ask

B 5 0 -2

c o mplet ec o mb ust io n Com busio i nwhi ch

a llt he omb sio pr od ct ar efuly

Note2 If lemen t sot hert ha nc r bon ,h y

-d rogenan do y genar epr esent nth e

com-b si blemat eri al,t h oseelem en t sa reco

-ver t edt ot hemostst a bleprod u ct sint h eir

st a nd a r dst a t esat2 8K

FDIS13 4

c o mplet edis c harge Se ee xtin guish er<c o m

-ple tedisch rge>

comp sitematerial Stru ctu redcom bin a t io

oftw oormor ed iscr etemat er ia ls

B ENISO13 4

comp u d self-contain d emerg ncy

lu-min ireSe eme gencylumin ir e

<com-p u dself-co tained>

computation lfluid y namic mod l

CFDmod l

fieldmod l C o mp ute rs imulatio nmo delwhere

t he u nd a ment a leq uat i nsofhea tan dma ss

t ra n sfra resolvedu sin gn u m erica lm et h ods

Note Inco t r astt ozo emod els,comp t

-er prov idet h een a bln gtech n olo yforth ese

mod els

conce le spaceorca ity S a ce nclosed

b element s ofa bu ild in (includ in g th e

suspen edc i n )orcon t ainedwit hina n

elemen bu tn tar oom,cu b a r d ,cir

cula-tio sp c ,pr ote tedsh ftor pa cewit hin

a lu e,ch t e,d ct,pipeorcon d uit

Note2 F rat oxicgas,co c ntratio is

usu alyex res edasav olumefactio a t

T=2 8Kan P=1a t m,wit ht ypic lun its

)

Note 3 The con cen t r at i nofa gas at a

t emper at u r e,T,an dapr es u r e,P,c n e

al-cula t edfromit svolu me r a ct i n(asu min

id ea lga sbehavio r )b m t i lyin gt h e

vol-ume r act i n yt hed ensit yoft hegasatt h

conce t ation time curv <toxicolog >

Plotoft h eco c ntratio of t oxicga sor

fir eefluenta sa u ncto oft ime

Note1 F rfir ee luen t ,co c n t r at i nis

usu alymea suredin nit sofgm

–

Note 2 F rat oxicgas, co c n t r at i nis

usu alyex res edasav olume ractio at

)

FDIS13 4

con itionofcontole uipme t Con diti n

of o t roleq ipment

Note F rex a m ple,t h eco t r oleq i pment

maybeint hen rmalco ditio ,th efa ul

co d it i n,t h ealarmco ditio ,et c

c o ndit io np ro b abi t y P ro babi li ty f neve n t

gi v enth eoc u r r en ceof pr ec d in gev en t

PD7 7 -7

con ition warnin Thest a sofa n aut

o-mat icd et ecto sy st emr efle t i ga han ge

ofsig alatt h eco tr oleq ipmentwhichis

great ert ha nt h ea mbien tn n -fir est at ea nd

n texc ed in gt hen r malfir est a te

CodeofPractic eforDesig ,Instalation,

Com issio in &Maintenance fAs p iratin

S mo eDetector AS D)S ystems.2 0

config ration d ta Data, otherthanthe

o e atin sysemth atco t r olst he on fig

-r at i n f pa r t icula rinst alat i n

*B 5 3 -4

confin d ex plosion Ex losio of fu

el-o id an tmixt ur einsid ea losedsy st em(e.g

v es elorbu ild in )

Institutio ofCh mic lE gin ers

confla ration Fir e ofla rge ext ent wiha

mo in fr ont nvolvin gan umberofbu ild

-in s,oralarge r ea

c o nne c t in d c t Ductb e twe e na ir dam pe r

or u p rtin gco struct i nan da

measur-in satio

B EN13 6-2

con ectin eleme ts Elem en t sw h ichform

t helnk sbet we nt h ed if r entcomp nent s

of fir dete tio a ndfir ealarmsysem

b mor et han 1%oft hema ssoft hespe

i-menor0.1g,which ev erist hegr ea t er

constuctionworks Buid in ga ndci vi

en-gine r in gw or k s

T e Co stuctio Pro ucts Directiv

(Co nci Directiv 8 / 10 / EEC)

contin ousdiution Tehn iq ueofpr ev ent

-in g t he for ma tio of nex losiv e gas/ air

mixt u b t hesu ply f pr ot ect iv egasa t

suchar at e th att heco c ntratio oft he

ga s/ air mixtu r e is a lw ay s kept belowt he

lowe ex losiv elmit

B 4 2

contin ousgra eof ele se Se gra es

ofr elease

B 4 2

contibution tofire Energ r ele sedb a

pr od ctinflu encin t he ir egr owthin r

e-a nd ost -flash-ov ersit uat i ns

B EN13 01-1

contola din icatin e uipme t Se fir e

alarmco tr ola din icatin eq ipment

B 4 2

c o nt ro lc e nt re P e rmane ntlysta e droo mwi t

-in rn eart hepr emisesatriskfort h er ec ipt

of mergen cyc lseq uip edwit hmea nsfor

in d ica t in gt h esit ua t io ine chofth e

pro-te tedpr emises, an dt he om u nica tio s

ne d edfort r ansmis io of alsforasis

ta nc t oemergencyser vics

B 4 2

contole uipme t <firealarmsy stems>

Se fir alarm co trol a d in icatin

contolfora tomaticfireprotection

sys-tem Automatic devic used to a tuate

a tomatic fir prote tio sysem ater

r ec ivin asig a lfr omth efir ealarmco

-tr ola din icatin eq ipment

c o nt ro lp o int S e ci al lymarke dpsi ti one

stab-l i she dfort act ica lcomman att hesc n eof

ma jorin cid en t

ISO8 21-8

contr olro m Se firebr i g a de o t rolro m

contolstation<marin > S a ceinwhich

t her a d io,mainn avigat i geq u ipmen t ,t he

emergencysou r ceofp wer,t h ec nt ralfir e

reordingequi pment,fire ontrolequipment,

orfiree xting uishin instal l atio sarel ocated;

ora o trolr oomloc t ed u t sid eapr op

l-sio ma h iner yspa e

contole fireloa Fir elo dt hat sl

m-it edb mea nsofma nagemen tco t r olso

t heq ua nt i esof omb siblemate ial

conv eyorsystem A rrang ementusedto

trans-p rtmate ialst h r ou ghan penin ina ir

sep ratin element

Note Th isca nbe onveyortrack sr e ot e

con t r oled rau t omat ic q u ipmen t

B EN13 6-7

c o nv yo rt rac k Arange me nthatgui d i te ms

to et r ansp r t ed na onveyorsysem

Note Thiscanbebel ts,sl i es,rai l s,screws,

cha ins, d ct or pipes in w ch air bor ne

par t iclesar emov ed

coridorac es Desig inw h ichea chd wel

l-in isap r oa h ed ia commo h r izo t al

int er n ala c s orcir ulatio sp c which

mayin clud ea om o ent r a nc ha ll

B 5 8 -1

cor osiond ma e Ph ysic land / orch

emi-cld a mageorimpair edfun ct i nc used y

chemic la t i n

B ENISO13 4

cor osiontarg t Sen soru sedtod et er mine

thede g re ofc or rosi onda ma g e ,under pe

-ifiedco d it i ns

Note This sen sor may be a pr od ct, a

comp nent,orar efr enc mate ialusedt o

c o upln D evic efo rc o nnec tingto getherho s es ,

valv es,n oz les,et c soast ose u r econ

-plext ha tinclud esacov er edmal, i.e.any

mal se tio inwhich :

– mor et han1 moft helen gt hoft hemal

iscov er ed yabrid georr oof;or

– (wheret hemal h asan penslota bov eit ,

for medforexampleb pr ojet i gcon tin

-u u scn pies mor et h an50%ofit splan

– (ina n yot herc se)at ea st2 %ofit splan

ar eaiso scuredb arooforb flo rs,

br id ges,galer iesorc n opies

B 5 8 -10

cov erin Pr od ctin t en dedtoprotectu n der

ly in gelem ent sa gain st g itio , ch r in

orot herd ama ge

B EN13 01-2

critical e p sure Minimum ir radianc at

whichi g ni ti on( pil otor p ntaneousas pe

i-fied)c n e f ct edr ega r d les ofd ur at i n

B 4 6-3

cr iticalfir eloa M ini mume ffe c t ive i reloa d

r equir edina ir ecomp rtmentt opr od uc

a ir ofsu fficientsev er it yt oc use a ilu r e

of ir r esisa tbar r ier sor t r uct ur a l

ele-men t s

critical flu (CF) Rad ia nt flu at whicha

fla mee x t in gu ish es C F)orth era dia n tflu x

aterat estper io of 0min(HF-30),which

-ev erist h elower i.e.t h eflu cor r esp n d in

wit ht he ur t h estext entofspr ea of lame)

B EN13 01-1

criticalh atflu ate tin uishme t

Inci-d en theatflu ,un d er peifiedco d it i ns,

att hep into t h esur fa eofa nit emwhere

t he lame ea sest oad vanc an dmigh tsu

-seq uent ly o u

B ISO5 5 -2

critical ra ia ce Min i umir r ad ia nc at

whichi g ni t i on(pi l otor p ntaneo sas pe i

-fied)ca n beef t ed ,r egar d les ofd

ra-tio

criticalrateofap lcationofafoam

solu-tion Minimumt heor et ic lrateofa pl

-catio of o msolutio t oa ir ew chwi

extin uishit

criticalsh arst es ofafoam Min i um

she r t res bet we nin d i vid u albu bblesina

mas offo mwhichber s ar elat i nsh ip

t ofoam viscosit y, sa i tyan dspr ea d in g

cha r act er ist ics

ISO8 21-4

c rit ic als ig alpat h Allc om pon e n tsan i nte

r-conne tonsbetweeneveryfi rea la r m

broad-cst n it ia t io p intan t hein u tt er mina ls

o ,orwit hin ,ea chlo d spea kerenclosur e

B 5 3 -8

criticaltemperature Temperat u atwhich

ast r u ct u r alelemen tisasu medt obeun able

t osu p rtt h ea ppledloa d

B 4 2

c ub ic lec apac it y<o fac o mp art me nt > S ae

co t a inedb t he inn er t r uct u lsurfa es

oft hefir r sisin w alsen closin ga ir e

comp rtmentan deit h erby :

– t heinn er t r uctu r alsur fa esoft he lo r

enclosin t he omp rtment;or

– oft h eflo ran t helower ur fa eof ny

n n -comb st i ler oof;or

– oft h e flo r a nd u pper su r fa ce ofany

comb sibler oof

Pos t- Wa rB u ildin Studie sNo.2 0:FireGra

d-ing fB ildin s:Par I Ge eralPrinciples

a dS tructuralPrecautio s.19 6

cubic lecapac ity ofa ivision S a e o

-tainedb t he in ner st r uct u r al su r fa es of

it s en closin g w a lls, t he u pper su r fa e of

t he lo rofit slowestst or ey,an deit herb

t helower ur fa ceof nyincomb stbler oof

ov ert hedivisio orb t h eu per ur fa eof

anycomb sible o fov ert h ed i visio

Pos t- Wa rB uidin Stu die sNo.2 0:FireG ra

d-ing fB ildin s:P ar I.Ge eralPrinciples

a dS truc turalPrecautions.19 6

curainwal Ex tern a ln n-lo d eari ngw al

whichisindependentofthest r uc t ur a lfr a me

andsupp rtedin l ac infrotofl oadberin

st r u ctu r es

Note A curtain wal t y pica lly in clud es

pan els,gla zin ,sea ls,fixin s,transomsan

mu llo s

B EN13 4-3

d ma econtolu it

salv g te d r Fir ea pla c whichc r

-r iesawid er an eof q u ipmen td esign edt o

m in im iz ort opre ven twa t era n doth erda m

-a geoc a sio edd ur in gfir ebrig deo er

a-t i ns

ISO8 21-8

d ma e are Tot aloft h osesu r fa ea r ea s

whichhav e benaf t edper manent lyb

fir eu d er pe ifiedcon d it i n s

Note Se also ur nedar ea

Note2 User soft h ist er msh ouldspe ify

t het ypesofd ama get obe o sid er ed Th is

cou ldin clud e,forexa mple,los of

mate-rial,d efor mat i n,soft en in ,melt i g,ch

r-rin , comb sio , p r olysis or chemica l

d mper M o vabl ecl osurewithinad uctwhi ch

c nin t er r u ptt hepas a geoft h eflu id(lq u id

orgas wit hinad u ct

ISO8 21-2

d mper<fire Mova ble closur e, wit hina

d ct, which is o er a t ed aut omat ic ly or

ma nu alyan disd esig edto rev en tt hepas

d n erous conce t ation of v p urs

Co c nt rat io grea tert h a nt h elowe f

lam-ma lelmitofth eva pou r s

Hig lyFlammable Liq idsan Liq

e-fie P tole mGa esRe ulatio s19 2

(SI19 2/ 917)

d tacabin t Cabinet desig edtopr ote t

med iaan dva lu ables a ga instt hee e t sof

d cision eleme t Element t h d if r en t

i-at esbet we na ir ea ndn on -firest at es

Note Th ede isio elementma ybeint he

dete torort he o troleq ipment

*B 5 3 -4

d ckac es/ deckap roach<ofa apar

me tbuidin > Wid eap r oa h alcon y

b tn tenclosed

B 5 8 -1

d contamin tion R emo alorred u ct i nt o

asa lev elof h emica lorot herco t a min

a-to ,towhicha i reig ht e rhasbene xposed

ISO8 21-8

d ep-se te fire Fir einvolvin sold ssu

b-je tt osmo lde in

d fe dinplac e L esa fetystrate g yinwhich

oc u ant sar eenco r a gedt oremainint heir

curentl ocat nratherthantoatemptesca pe

d u r in a ir e

FDIS13 4

d fla ration Comb sio w av e pr opaga t

-in ga tsu so icv elocit y

Note If,wih inagaseo sm ed ium,de

la-gratio ist hesamea sa lame

B ENISO13 4

d fla r ationflame rr ester Fla mea r rester

d esig ed t o pr ev ent a dela ratio from

d pe d nt irezon Fi r ecomp rt ment (s

of ommercialenterprise reascomin under

th eco t r oloft hen min at edw ar d ens

Firecode:FirePracticeNote Commercial

E terpriseso H ospitalPremises.19 2

d pr esur iz ation Smoke o trolusin pres

sured if r en alswh er et hea irpr esur ein

ad ja cen tspa cesisr ed uc dt obelowt h at n

th eprote tedsp c

B EN12101-6

d pr esur iz edspac e Fire ompartmentfrom

w chaira ndsmokea r eexh au st edforth e

p r posesofd epresu r iz t i n

de s ig c o nc e nt rat io n Co n c e n tration fgas

e ousextin uishin mediumn ec saryt o

extin uishapar t icu larfuel, wit haspe

i-fiedsaftyfct or

-pan t sof spe ified a r tof b id in gsh u ld

hav ebe nabletoen t eraplac ofsafty

d sig fire Qu an t a ti v e d escr ip o of s

sumedfir echa r act er ist icswit h int h edesig

fir esc n rio

Note It s,t ypic ly,anid ealz dd escr

ip-to ofth evar iat i nwit ht imeofimp r t an t

fir e va r iables such as heat r elease rate,

fl amesprea rate,smokepr od ct io rat e,

t oxicgasyield s,an dt emper at u r e

FDIS13 4

d sig fires e ario S e ific ir esc n rio

o w chad et ermin ist icfir esaftyen

i-ne rin ana lysiswi be on d uct e

d tectioncircuit T r a nsmis io pat hwhich

con ne t sp int t oth eco tr ola din icat

in eq ipment

B EN5 -2

d tection pres ure Pr es ur e thresh ldat

whichasign al sgiv end en tn gt heoc ur

d tectionzon Geo r a phic lsu -d ivisio

oftheprotec t e dprm i se sinwhichthedete

-to of fir e ca nbeind ic t ed sepa r at ely

fr oma n yot h er u -d i visio

B 4 2

d tector Se fi r edet ect or;ex l osio dete

-t or;a ndflamma leg sdete tor

B 4 2

d tector sprinkler Se sprinkle <dete

-tor>

B 5 0 -2

d terministicmod l S e ific ir esc n rio

o whichad et er minist ic ir saftyen

i-ne rin an alysiswi be o d uct e

FDIS13 4

d terministic tu y Meth odolo y,ba sed n

ph ysic lr elat i n ships d er i v edfr omscien

-t ifict heor iesa ndempiriclr esu lt s,t h atfora

gi v ensetofinit ialcon d it i n s wi alw a ys

pr od uc t hesameo t come

B 7 7

d ton tion Com b ust i onwave,accompanied

b a nex losio ,pr opa ga t in atsu per so ic

v elocit yan ch ar act er iz d yash ockw av e

d ton tionflame rester Fl amearrest er

usedt opr ev en tt hetransmis io of

-su redp en om en onatt woormorepla es

exc ed sa er t ainva lue oraspe ified me

ISO7 4 -1

diffuserbra ch Bra chwhichca ngiv ea

spray rajetofva r iablesiz a ndwhichc n

besh tofatwi

FireS erviceTrainin Ma u l

diffusionflame Flameinw chcomb s

tio oc ur sina o ewher et h efuela ndt h e

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