- Domeniu: Fire safety
- Number of terms: 98780
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A continuous passageway for the transmission of air that, in addition to ducts, includes duct fittings, dampers, fans, and accessory air-managing equipment and appliances.
Industry:Fire safety
A continuous passageway for the transmission of air that, in addition to air ducts, can include air connectors, air duct fittings, dampers, plenums, fans, and accessory air-handling equipment but that does not include conditioned spaces.
Industry:Fire safety
A continuous path for movement of an airstream from the forced draft fan inlet to the stack; in an HRSG or other combustion turbine exhaust system, a continuous path for movement of an airstream through the HRSG system or other combustion turbine exhaust systems.
Industry:Fire safety
A continuous series of deck openings connecting three or more deck levels within an accommodation space that is covered at the top of the series of openings and is used for purposes other than an enclosed stairway, elevator hoistway, escalator opening, or a utility trunk for pipe, cable, or ductwork.
Industry:Fire safety
A continuous unobstructed path that complies with this Codeand ICC/ANSI A117. 1, AmericanNationalStandardforAccessibleandUsableBuildingsandFacilities.
Industry:Fire safety
A continuous vertical cable at each vertical edge of the curtain used to guide and restrain the fire safety curtain.
Industry:Fire safety
A continuous, semiflexible membrane consisting of plies of saturated felts, coated felts, fabrics or mats assembled in place with alternate layers of bitumen, and surfaced with mineral aggregate, bituminous materials, or a granule surfaced sheet (abbreviation, BUR).
Industry:Fire safety
A continuously manned control station from which all of the fire control equipment is monitored. If this station is not the bridge, direct communication with the bridge shall be provided by means other than the ship’s service telephone.
Industry:Fire safety
A control in which the handle operates along the axis of the nozzle.
Industry:Fire safety
A control or switch system that provides a means to increase the engine operating speed from an idle condition to a higher preset operating speed.
Industry:Fire safety
