fire spreading
1Fire control — consists of depriving a fire of fuel, oxygen or heat (see fire triangle) to prevent it from spreading or to put it out entirely. The standard and most common way to control a class A fire (the combustion of a flammable material with oxygen and… …
2Spreading activation — is a method for searching associative networks, neural networks, or semantic networks. The search process is initiated by labeling a set of source nodes (e.g. concepts in a semantic network) with weights or activation and then iteratively… …
3Fire pit — Fire pits have been in existence for a very long time and despite many technological advancements since the advent of man s use of fire, they have remained a popular item because of their versatility. A fire pit can physically vary from a pit dug …
4fire door — UK US noun [C] ► WORKPLACE a door made of material that cannot burn, which is used to prevent a fire from spreading within a building: »A city building inspector found that three of the building s seven fire doors failed to close during the fire …
5fire door — ☆ fire door n. a door of metal or other fire resistant material designed to keep a fire from spreading …
6fire door — fire .door n a heavy door in a building that is kept closed to help to prevent a fire from spreading …
7fire door — fire ,door noun count a very strong door that you close to prevent fire from spreading from one room to another …
8fire door — noun a fire resistant door that can be closed to stop the spread of a fire • Hypernyms: ↑door * * * noun 1. : the door or opening through which fuel is supplied to a furnace or stove 2. : a fire resistive door; specifically : an automatic door… …
9Fire classes — Comparison of fire classes American European Australian/Asian Fuel/Heat source Class A Class A Class A Ordinary combustibles Class B Class B Class B Flammable liquids Class C Class C Flammable gases Class C UNCLASSIFIED Class E …
10fire prevention and control — the prevention, detection, and extinguishment of fires, including such secondary activities as research into the causes of fire, education of the public about fire hazards, and the maintenance and improvement of fire fighting equipment.… …
