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  2. Resistance 3 - Wikipedia

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    Resistance 3 is a 2011 first-person shooter video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the third installment in the Resistance series and the last to be developed by Insomniac Games.

  3. Area of refuge - Wikipedia

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    An area of refuge or safe room [1] is a place in a building designed to hold occupants during a fire or other emergency when evacuation may not be safe or possible. Occupants can wait there until rescued or relieved by firefighters .

  4. Fire protection engineering - Wikipedia

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    Fire engineering's roots date back to ancient Rome, when the Emperor Nero ordered the city to be rebuilt utilizing passive fire protection methods, such as space separation and non-combustible building materials, after a catastrophic fire. [3] The discipline of fire engineering emerged in the early 20th century as a distinct discipline ...

  5. Firewall (construction) - Wikipedia

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    Fire partitions are not required to extend through concealed spaces if the construction assembly forming the bottom of the concealed space, such as the ceiling, has a fire resistance rating at least equal to or greater than the fire partition. [3] A high challenge fire wall is a wall used to subdivide a building with high fire challenge ...

  6. Safe room - Wikipedia

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    High-end safe rooms may have a gun closet, a biodefense air-filtration system that removes biological and nuclear contaminants, and a panic button that locks down the entire house. [3] Safe rooms can be hidden behind many household features, such as mirrors, wardrobes, bookcases, sliding bookcases, and even fireplaces. [4]

  7. Fire escape - Wikipedia

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    As many fire escapes were built before the advent of electronic fire alarms, fire escapes in older buildings have often needed to be retrofitted with alarms for this purpose. An alternative form of rapid-exit fire escape developed in the early 1900s was a long canvas tube suspended below a large funnel outside the window of a tall building.

  8. List of cooperative video games - Wikipedia

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    Additional Co-op Terrorist Hunt mode (up to 4 players) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2: PS3 / XB360: Tactical FPS: 2008 2 Local, System Link, Xbox Live, PSN: Split, Full No Additional Co-op Terrorist Hunt mode (up to 4 players) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory: PC / PS2 / Xbox: Action-Adv. 2005 2 Lan Split, Full Yes* *7 derivative ...

  9. Prevention through design - Wikipedia

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    Prevention through design (PtD), also called safety by design usually in Europe, is the concept of applying methods to minimize occupational hazards early in the design process, with an emphasis on optimizing employee health and safety throughout the life cycle of materials and processes. [1]