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68 relations: Active fire protection, Automatic fire suppression, Building, Building code, Butane, Class B fire, Combustion, Compartmentalization (fire protection), Condensed aerosol fire suppression, Conflagration, Construction, Education, Electrical resistivity and conductivity, Endothermic process, External water spray system, False alarm, Fire, Fire alarm control panel, Fire alarm system, Fire detection, Fire door, Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association, Fire prevention, Fire protection engineering, Fire safety, Fire sprinkler, Fire sprinkler system, Fire test, Fire-resistance rating, Firefighter, Firefighting, Fireproofing, Firestop, Firestop pillow, Firewall (construction), Flame detector, Gas, Gaseous fire suppression, Gasoline, Hydrogen, Hypoxic air technology for fire prevention, Intumescent, Liquid, Listing and approval use and compliance, Magnesium, Manual fire alarm activation, Metal, Natural gas, Natural rubber, Occupancy, ..., Offshore construction, Paint, Paper, Passive fire protection, Petroleum, Plastic, Potassium, Propane, Roof, Ship, Smoke, Smoke detector, Sodium, Solid, System, Textile, Wax, Wood. Expand index (18 more) »
Active fire protection
Active fire protection (AFP) is an integral part of fire protection.
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Automatic fire suppression
Automatic fire suppression systems control and extinguish fires without human intervention.
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Building
A building, or edifice, is a structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory.
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Building code
A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for constructed objects such as buildings and nonbuilding structures.
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Butane
Butane is an organic compound with the formula C4H10 that is an alkane with four carbon atoms.
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Class B fire
In fire classes, a Class B fire is a fire in flammable liquids or flammable gases, petroleum greases, tars, oils, oil-based paints, solvents, lacquers, or alcohols.
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Combustion
Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.
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Compartmentalization (fire protection)
Compartmentalization in structures, such as land-based buildings, traffic tunnels, ships, aerospace vehicles, or submarines, is the fundamental basis and aim of passive fire protection.
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Condensed aerosol fire suppression
Condensed aerosol fire suppression is a particle-based form of fire extinction similar to gaseous fire suppression or dry chemical fire extinction.
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Conflagration
A conflagration is a large and destructive fire that threatens human life, animal life, health, and/or property.
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Construction
Construction is the process of constructing a building or infrastructure.
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Education
Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.
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Electrical resistivity and conductivity
Electrical resistivity (also known as resistivity, specific electrical resistance, or volume resistivity) is a fundamental property that quantifies how strongly a given material opposes the flow of electric current.
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Endothermic process
The term endothermic process describes the process or reaction in which the system absorbs energy from its surroundings, usually in the form of heat.
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External water spray system
An External Water Spray System (EWSS) is a domestic external fire sprinkler system designed to protect homes from bushfires and wildfires.
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False alarm
A false alarm, also called a nuisance alarm, is the deceptive or erroneous report of an emergency, causing unnecessary panic and/or bringing resources (such as emergency services) to a place where they are not needed.
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Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.
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Fire alarm control panel
A fire alarm control panel (FACP), fire alarm control unit (FACU), or simply fire alarm panel is the controlling component of a fire alarm system.
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Fire alarm system
A fire alarm system has a number of devices working together to detect and warn people through visual and audio appliances when smoke, fire, carbon monoxide or other emergencies are present.
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Fire detection
Fire detectors sense one or more of the products or phenomena resulting from fire, such as smoke, heat, infrared and/or ultraviolet light radiation, or gas.
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Fire door
A fire door is a door with a fire-resistance rating (sometimes referred to as a fire protection rating for closures) used as part of a passive fire protection system to reduce the spread of fire and smoke between separate compartments of a structure and to enable safe egress from a building or structure or ship.
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Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association
Founded in 1930, The Fire Equipment Manufacturers’ FEMA is an international, non-profit trade association dedicated to manufacturing commercial fire protection equipment to serve as the first line of defense against fire in its early stages.
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Fire prevention
Fire prevention is a function of many fire departments.
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Fire protection engineering
Fire engineering is the application of science and engineering principles to protect people, property, and their environments from the harmful and destructive effects of fire and smoke.
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Fire safety
Fire safety is the set of practices intended to reduce the destruction caused by fire.
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Fire sprinkler
A fire sprinkler or sprinkler head is the component of a fire sprinkler system that discharges water when the effects of a fire have been detected, such as when a predetermined temperature has been exceeded.
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Fire sprinkler system
A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection method, consisting of a water supply system, providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system, onto which fire sprinklers are connected.
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Fire test
A fire test is a means of determining whether fire protection products meet minimum performance criteria as set out in a building code or other applicable legislation.
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Fire-resistance rating
A fire-resistance rating typically means the duration for which a passive fire protection system can withstand a standard fire resistance test.
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Firefighter
A firefighter is a rescuer extensively trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten life, property and the environment as well as to rescue people and animals from dangerous situations.
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Firefighting
Firefighting is the act of attempting to prevent the spread of and extinguish significant unwanted fires in buildings, vehicles, woodlands, etc.
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Fireproofing
Fireproofing is rendering something (structures, materials, etc.) resistant to fire, or incombustible; or material for use in making anything fire-proof.
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Firestop
A firestop is a passive fire protection system made up of various components and used to seal openings and joints in a fire-resistance-rated wall or floor assembly.
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Firestop pillow
Firestop pillows are passive fire protection items, used for firestopping holes in wall or floor assemblies required to have a fire-resistance rating.
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Firewall (construction)
A firewall is a fire-resistant barrier used to prevent the spread of fire for a prescribed period of time.
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Flame detector
A flame detector is a sensor designed to detect and respond to the presence of a flame or fire, allowing flame detection.
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Gas
Gas is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, liquid, and plasma).
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Gaseous fire suppression
Gaseous fire suppression is a term to describe the use of inert gases and chemical agents to extinguish a fire.
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Gasoline
Gasoline (American English), or petrol (British English), is a transparent, petroleum-derived liquid that is used primarily as a fuel in spark-ignited internal combustion engines.
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Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1.
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Hypoxic air technology for fire prevention
Hypoxic air technology for fire prevention, also known as oxygen reduction system, is an active fire protection technique based on a permanent reduction of the oxygen concentration in the protected rooms.
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Intumescent
An intumescent is a substance that swells as a result of heat exposure, thus increasing in volume and decreasing in density.
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Liquid
A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure.
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Listing and approval use and compliance
Listing and approval use and compliance is the activity of adhering to specific testing requirements designed to establish minimum performance for the installation or use of safety-related products and materials in conformance with an active certification listing or approval that has been issued by an organization that is accredited both for testing and product certification, such as those issued by Underwriters Laboratories, NTA Inc, FM Global, American Nuclear Insurers, or the Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik (DIBt).
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Magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element with symbol Mg and atomic number 12.
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Manual fire alarm activation
Manual fire alarm activation is typically achieved through the use of a pull station (USA & Canada) or call point (Europe, Australia, and Asia), which then sounds the evacuation alarm for the relevant building or zone.
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Metal
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal") is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard when in solid state, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity.
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Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly including varying amounts of other higher alkanes, and sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium.
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Natural rubber
Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds, plus water.
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Occupancy
Within the context of building construction and building codes, "occupancy" refers to the use, or intended use, of a building, or portion of a building, for the shelter or support of persons, animals or property.
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Offshore construction
Offshore construction is the installation of structures and facilities in a marine environment, usually for the production and transmission of electricity, oil, gas and other resources.
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Paint
Paint is any liquid, liquefiable, or mastic composition that, after application to a substrate in a thin layer, converts to a solid film.
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Paper
Paper is a thin material produced by pressing together moist fibres of cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets.
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Passive fire protection
Passive fire protection (PFP) is an integral component of the components of structural fire protection and fire safety in a building.
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Petroleum
Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface.
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Plastic
Plastic is material consisting of any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic compounds that are malleable and so can be molded into solid objects.
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Potassium
Potassium is a chemical element with symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number 19.
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Propane
Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula C3H8.
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Roof
A roof is part of a building envelope.
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Ship
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying passengers or goods, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.
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Smoke
Smoke is a collection of airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases emitted when a material undergoes combustion or pyrolysis, together with the quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise mixed into the mass.
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Smoke detector
A smoke detector is a device that senses smoke, typically as an indicator of fire.
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Sodium
Sodium is a chemical element with symbol Na (from Latin natrium) and atomic number 11.
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Solid
Solid is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being liquid, gas, and plasma).
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System
A system is a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming an integrated whole.
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Textile
A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres (yarn or thread).
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Wax
Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are lipophilic, malleable solids near ambient temperatures.
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Wood
Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_protection
