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2. Firewall (construction) - Wikipedia

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   A fire barrier wall, or a fire partition, is a fire-rated wall assembly that are not structurally self-sufficient. [ 2 ] Fire barrier walls are typically continuous from an exterior wall to an exterior wall, or from a floor below to a floor or roof above, or from one fire barrier wall to another fire barrier wall, having a fire resistance ...

3. High-voltage transformer fire barriers - Wikipedia

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   The primary North American document that deals with outdoor high-voltage transformer fire barriers is NFPA 850. [1] NFPA 850 outlines that outdoor oil-insulated transformers should be separated from adjacent structures and from each other by firewalls, spatial separation, or other approved means for the purpose of limiting the damage and potential spread of fire from a transformer failure.

4. Pike pole - Wikipedia

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   The pole's original use in the fire service was to pull down walls and neighboring buildings to stop a fire's spread. Modern firefighting pike poles are usually of fiberglass, between 4 feet to 12 feet long, and used to search for fires hidden behind walls and ceilings, to pull items from intense heat and flames, and to ventilate structures by ...

5. Fireman's pole - Wikipedia

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   A fireman's pole (also called a firefighter's pole, sliding pole or a fire pole) is a pole that firefighters slide down to quickly reach the ground floor of a fire station. This allows them to respond to an emergency call faster, as they arrive at the fire engine faster than by using a standard staircase.

6. Stanchion - Wikipedia

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   In event management a stanchion is an upright bar or post that includes retractable belts, velvet ropes, or plastic chains, sometimes in conjunction with wall-mounted barrier devices, barricades, and printed signage [6] and often used for crowd control and engineering people flow and construction site safety.

7. Hesco bastion - Wikipedia

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   The Concertainer, [1] known colloquially as the Hesco barrier [2] or Hesco bastion, [3] with HESCO being the brand name of the manufacturer, is a modern gabion primarily used for flood control and military fortifications. [4]

8. Firestop - Wikipedia

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   A firestop or fire-stopping is a form of passive fire protection that is used to seal around openings and between joints in a fire-resistance-rated wall or floor assembly. . Firestops are designed to maintain the fire-resistance rating of a wall or floor assembly intended to impede the spread of fire and

9. Bremer wall - Wikipedia

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   A Bremer wall, or T-wall, is a twelve-foot-tall (3.66 m) portable, steel-reinforced concrete blast wall of the type used for blast protection throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. The Bremer barrier resembles the smaller 3-foot-tall (0.91 m) Jersey barrier, which has been used widely for vehicle traffic control on coalition military bases in Iraq ...