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  2. Fire triangle - Wikipedia

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    Fire triangle. The fire triangle or combustion triangle is a simple model for understanding the necessary ingredients for most fires. [1] The triangle illustrates the three elements a fire needs to ignite: heat, fuel, and an oxidizing agent (usually oxygen). [2] A fire naturally occurs when the elements are present and combined in the right ...

  3. Fire compartmentation - Wikipedia

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    A firewall installed between substation transformers. In fire safety, compartmentation in structures, such as land-based buildings, traffic tunnels, ships, aerospace vehicles, or submarines, is an objective of passive fire protection, in which a structure is divided into fire compartments, which may contain single or multiple rooms, for the purpose of limiting the spread of fire, smoke and ...

  4. Passive fire protection - Wikipedia

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    Passive fire protection (PFP) is components or systems of a building or structure that slows or impedes the spread of the effects of fire or smoke without system activation, and usually without movement. [1] Examples of passive systems include floor-ceilings and roofs, fire doors, windows, and wall assemblies, fire-resistant coatings, and other ...

  5. Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols - Wikipedia

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    Appearance. Engineering drawing abbreviations and symbols are used to communicate and detail the characteristics of an engineering drawing. This list includes abbreviations common to the vocabulary of people who work with engineering drawings in the manufacture and inspection of parts and assemblies. Technical standards exist to provide ...

  6. Fire cut - Wikipedia

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    Fire cut. In the construction of masonry buildings, a fire cut[1] or fireman's cut is a diagonal chamfer of the end of a joist or beam where it enters a masonry wall. If the joist burns through somewhere along its length, damage to the wall is prevented as the fire cut allows the joist to fail and still leave the masonry wall standing.

  7. Mark Kistler - Wikipedia

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    His first book "Draw Squad" was released in 1988. In 1990, Mark was brought back to host a new Public Television program " Mark Kistler's Imagination Station ." The show demonstrated to viewers techniques on how to Draw-In-3D and having fun while doing it. In 2010 Mark was awarded an Emmy for the series for "teaching kids to draw in 3-D while ...

  8. Aspirating smoke detector - Wikipedia

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    A TOP-SENS2 ASD unit made by Wagner (Germany) An aspirating smoke detector (ASD) is a system used in active fire protection, consisting of a central detection unit which draws air through a network of pipes to detect smoke. [1] The sampling chamber is based on a nephelometer that detects the presence of smoke particles suspended in air by ...

  9. Flame - Wikipedia

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    Flames of charcoal. A flame (from Latin flamma) is the visible, gaseous part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic chemical reaction made in a thin zone. [1] When flames are hot enough to have ionized gaseous components of sufficient density, they are then considered plasma. [vague][2]