RA 9514 - Terms and Definitions Flashcards
Any act that would remove or neutralize a fire hazard
Abatement
Any person who acts as agent of the owner and manages the use of a building for the latter.
Building Administrator
An airport; a defined area on land or water (including any building; installation and equipment) intended to be used wholly or in part for the arrival; departure and surface movement of aircrafts.
Aerodrome
A person who undertakes; whether directly or indirectly; by lease or any other arrangements; to engage in air transportation services or air commerce.
Air Carrier or Operator
Any engine used; or intended to be used; for the propulsion of an aircraft and includes all parts; appurtenances; and accessories thereof other than propellers.
Aircraft Engine
Any area used or intended for use for the parking; taxiing; takeoff; landing or other ground-based aircraft activity.
Aircraft Operation Area (AOA)
Any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air other than the reactions of the air against the earth’s surface.
Aircraft
That portion of an airport where flammable liquids are stored or dispensed and shall include all facilities essential thereto; such as but not limited to; underground tanks from which aircraft fuel and lubricants
Aircrafts Service Station
Any area of land or water designed; equipped; set apart or commonly used for affording facilities for the landing and departure of aircraft and includes any area or space; whether on the ground; on the roof of a building or elsewhere; which is designed; equipped or set apart for affording facilities for the landing and departure of aircrafts capable of descending or climbing vertically.
Airport
A medical gas used as anesthetic agents for surgical procedures that could either be flammable or non-flammable. Examples of this flammable gas are cyclopropane and ethylene. and the Examples of this nonflammable gas
Anesthetics Gas
Acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
Approved
A stage or platform that opens on at least three (3) sides to audience seating. It may be with or without overhead scene handling facilities.
Arena stage
An integrated system of underground or
Automatic Fire Suppression System.
That portion of property where liquids used as motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles and shall include any facilities available for the sale and service of tires; batteries and accessories; and for minor automotive
Automotive Service Station
A non liquid-tight transverse partition in a cargo tank.
Baffle
A large bundle or package of hay or a raw material such as cotton; tightly bound with string or wire to keep it in shape during transportation or storage.
Bale
A storage installation in which the maximum liquid level in the container below the surrounding grade or below a backfill berm; which is at least two hundred fifty centimeters (250 cm) wide at the top; and then slopes away from the container at natural angle of repose or is retained two hundred fifty centimeters (250 cm) from the container by a retaining wall; and constructed of earth; concrete; solid masonry or other suitable material designed to prevent the escape of liquid.
Below Ground Container
In open-pit mining; it refers to rocks piled alongside a haulage road or along the edge of a dump point intended as a safety measure. They are commonly required by government organizations to be at least one-half
Berm
Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer used to set off explosives.
Blasting Agent
A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
Blowout
The temperature at which the vapor pressure of a liquid equals the surrounding atmospheric pressure.
Boiling point
The expulsion of crude oil (or certain other liquids) from a burning tank in which the light fractions of the crude oil burn off producing a heat wave in the residue; which on reaching a water strata may result in the explosion of the portion of the contents of the tank in the form of a froth.
Boil-over
Any liquid cooled by the refrigerant and used for the transmission of heat without a change in its state; having no flash point or a flash point above sixty five and six-tenths Celsius (65.6°C) as determined by the American Society of Testing Materials Method D93.
Brine
Land covered with a dense undergrowth of small trees and brushes
Brush
An assembly of equipment; such as oxygen storage containers; pressure regulators; safety devices; vaporizers; manifolds; and interconnecting piping; that has a storage capacity of more than five hundred sixty six cubic meters (566 m3) of oxygen including unconnected reserves on hand at the site.
Bulk Oxygen System
That portion of a property where liquids are received by tank vessel; pipelines; tank cars; or tank vehicle; and are stored or blended in bulk for the purpose of distributing such liquids by tank vessels; pipeline; tank car; tank vehicle; portable tank or container
Bulk Plant
A liquid-tight closure between compartments of a cargo tank
Bulkhead
Any tank having a liquid capacity more than four hundred fifty liters (450?) used for carrying flammable and combustible liquids and mounted permanently or otherwise upon a tank vehicle. The term ___ does not apply to any container used solely for the purpose of
Cargo Tank
A highly combustible and explosive compound produced by the reaction of nitric acid with a cellulose material
Cellulose Nitrate or Nitro Cellulose.
Any plastic substance; materials or compound having cellulose nitrate (nitro cellulose) as base.
Cellulose Nitrate Plastic (Pyroxylin).
The duly designated head of the City or
City/Municipal Fire Marshal
A large integrated plant or that portion of such plant other than a refinery or distillery where flammable or combustible liquids are produced by chemical reactions or used in chemical reactions.
Chemical Plant
Fires involving ordinary combustible materials such as wood; cloth; rubber and plastics.
(1) Class A Fires
Fires involving flammable liquids and gases.
(1) Class B Fires
Fires involving energized electrical equipment
(1) Class C Fires
Fires involving combustible materials; such as sodium; magnesium; potassium; and other similar materials
(1) Class D Fire
Fires in cooking appliances that involve combustible cooking media (vegetable or animal oils and fats).
(1) Class K Fires
Any container so sealed by means of a lid or other device that neither liquid nor vapor will escape from it at ordinary temperatures.
Closed Container
An accountable officer; who shall be responsible in the collection; deposit and remittance of fire code revenues from all fire code taxes; fees/charges and fines with AGDB or AGSB.
Collecting Officer
A pipeline system filled with water and connected to a constant water supply for the use of the BFP and the occupants of the buildings solely for fire suppression purposes.
Combination Standpipe
An enclosed and isolated structure where loose fibers are worked upon; and used as storage for such fibers
Combustible Fiber Loose House
Any readily ignitable and free-burning fibers; such as but not limited; to cocoa fiber; cotton; excelsior; hay; hemp; henequen; istle; jute; kapok; oakrum; rags; sisal; Spanish moss; straw; tow; waste cloth; waste paper; certain synthetic fibers commonly used in commerce; or any material in a fibrous or shredded form that will readily ignite when heat sources are present.
Combustible Fibers
Any liquid having a flash point at or above thirty seven and eight tenths degrees Celsius (37.8°C)
Combustible Liquid
Any liquid that has a flash point at or above thirty seven and eight tenths degrees Celsius (37.8°C) and below sixty degrees Celsius (60°C).
Class II Liquid
Any liquid that has a flash point at or above sixty degrees Celsius (60°C); but below ninety three degrees Celsius (93°C).
Class IIIA Liquid
Any liquid that has a flash point at or above ninety three degrees Celsius (93°C).
Class IIIB Liquid
Also known as loose waste material; are thosegenerated by an establishment or process and; being salvageable; are retained for scrap or reprocessing on the premises where generated. These include; but not limited to; all combustible fibers; hay; straw; hair; feathers; down; wood shavings; turnings; styropor; all types of plastics; all types of paper products; soiled cloth trimmings and cuttings; rubber trimmings and buffings; metal fines; used oil and any mixture of the above items; or any other salvageable combustible waste material.
Combustible Waste
A group of firefighters performing fire suppression activities within a specified jurisdiction.
Community/Barangay Fire Brigade
One that exists solely in the gaseous state under pressure in the range of two hundred seventy three kilopascal (273 KPa) to twenty four thousand nine hundred twenty three kilopascal (24;923 KPa) at all normal atmospheric temperature ranging from twenty degrees Celsius (20°C) to thirty seven and eight tenths degrees Celsius (37.8°C) inside its container
Compressed Gas
A pressure container designed to hold compressed gases at pressures greater than one atmosphere at twenty degrees Celsius (20°C).
Compressed Gas Container
A mixture of two or more compressed gases contained in a single packaging; the hazard properties of which are represented by the properties of the mixture as a whole
Compressed Gas Mixture
An assembly of components; such as containers; reactors; pumps; compressors and connecting piping and tubing; designed to contain; distribute or transport compressed gases
Compressed Gas System
Any vessel of less than two hundred twenty seven liters (227?) capacity used for transporting or storing liquids.
Container
Any liquid which causes fire when in contact with organic matter or with certain chemicals
Corrosive Liquid
Any naturally-occurring; unrefined petroleum liquid
Crude Oil
Is descriptive of any material which; by its nature or as a result of its reaction with other elements; produces a rapid drop in temperature of the immediate surroundings.
Cryogenic
A pressure or low-pressure or atmospheric container of any size designed or used for the transportation; handling or storage of a cryogenic fluid; and which utilizes venting; insulation; refrigeration or a combination thereof to maintain the pressure within the design parameters for such container and to keep the contents in a liquid state.
Cryogenic Container
Fluids produced or stored at very low temperatures and that have normal boiling point below negative fifty five degrees Celsius (- 55°C).
Cryogenic Fluids.
A container in which the maximum liquid level is below the normal surrounding grade and is constructed of natural materials; such as earth and rock and pendent upon the freezing of water saturated earth materials for its tightness or impervious nature.
Cryogenic Inground Container
A vertical panel of non-combustible or fire resistive materials attached to and extending below the bottom chord of the roof trusses to divide the underside of the roof into separate compartments so that heat and smoke will be directed upwards to a roof vent.
Curtain Board
is an organic member of the Bureau of Fire Protection who is tasked to attend to the immediate needs and concerns of the customer; applicants or any taxpayer transacting business in a unit/station/office.
Customer Relations Officer (CRO)
A normally open device installed inside air duct systems which automatically closes to restrict the passage of smoke or fire.
Damper
A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes
Derrick
A process for rapidly removing excess wet coating material from a dipped or coated object or material by passing it through an electrostatic
Detearing
A tank; vat or container of flammable or combustible liquid in which articles or materials are immersed for purposes of coating; finishing; treating; or similar processes.
Dip Tank
Equipment used to deliver petroleum products such as gasoline; diesel and kerosene: installed in a fore court/curve area within the retail outlet. this can either be a self-contained or with a remote/submersible pump
Dispensing Device
The process of first raising the temperature to separate the more volatile from the less volatile parts and then cooling and condensing the resulting vapor so as to produce a nearly purified substance.
Distillation
A plant or that portion where liquids produced by fermentation and distillation are concentrated; and where the concentrated products may also be mixed; stored; or packaged.
Distillery
A container which has a total capacity of two hundred twenty seven liters (227?) used in storing liquid
Drum
A type of standpipe system in which the pipes are normally not filled with water. Water is introduced into the system thru fire service connections when needed.
Dry Standpipe
A continuous passageway for the transmission of air
Duct System
Any finely divided solid; four millimeters (4 mm) or less in diameter (that is; material capable of passing through a U.S. No. 40 standard sieve) which; if mixed with air in the proper proportion; becomes explosive and may be ignited by a flame or spark or other source of ignition.
Dust
An extremely hot luminous bridge formed by the passage of an electric current across a space between two conductors or terminals.
Electrical Arc
A container holding powder coating material that is aerated from below so as to form an air-supported expanded cloud of such material that is electrically charged with a charge opposite to that of the object to be coated. Such object is transported through a container immediately above the charged and aerated materials in order to be coated.
Electrostatic Fluidized Bed
A hot piece or lump that remains after a material has partially burned; and is still oxidizing without the manifestation of flames.
Ember
A partially enclosed portion of an assembly room the ceiling of which is not more than one hundred fifty five centimeters (155 cm) above the proscenium opening that is designed or used for the presentation of plays; demonstrations; or other entertainment wherein scenery; drops; decorations or other effects may be installed or used.
Enclosed Platform
Buildings; structures; or facilities used for the storage of explosive; shells; projectiles and ammunitions
Explosive Magazines
Includes any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion.
Explosive
Materials used as final coating of a surface for ornamental or protective purposes.
Finishes
Any visual or audible signal produced by a device or system to warn the occupants of the building or fire fighting elements of the presence or danger of fire.
Fire Alarm
A fire alarm system activated by the presence of fire; where the signal is transmitted to designated locations instead of sounding a general alarm.
Fire Alerting System
A collective term that is used to refer to a group of firefighters; primarily performing fire suppression activities in areas such as; but not limited to; community/barangay; company; and other government and nongovernment
Fire Brigade
A fire resistive door prescribed for openings in fire separation walls or partitions.
Fire Door.
A practice drill for the orderly and safe evacuation of occupants in the buildings
Fire Exit Drill
Any condition or act which increases or may cause an increase in the probability of the occurrence of fire; or which may obstruct; delay; hinder or interfere with fire fighting operations and the safeguarding of life and property.
Fire Hazard
The portion of a roadway or public way that should be kept opened and unobstructed at all times for the expedient conduct of fire fighting operations.
Fire Lane
Any device intended for the protection of buildings or persons to include; but not limited to; built-in protection system such as sprinklers and other automatic extinguishing system; detectors for heat; smoke and combustion products and other warning system components; personal protective equipment such as fire blankets; helmets; fire suits; gloves and other garments that may be put on or worn by persons to protect themselves during fire.
Fire Protective and Fire Safety Device
An assembly incorporated in the structure designed to prevent the spread of fire; such as dampers; curtain boards; fire stoppers and the like.
Fire Protective Assembly
The time duration that a material or construction can withstand the effect of a standard fire test.
Fire Resistance Rating
Refers to the design and installation of walls; barriers; doors; windows; vents; means of egress and other elements integral to and incorporated into a building or structure in order to minimize danger to life from fire; smoke; fumes or panic before the building is evacuated. These features are also designed to achieve; among others; safe and rapid evacuation of people and properties through means of egress on construction which are sealed from smoke or fire; the confinement of fire or smoke in the room or floor of origin and delay their spread to other parts of the building by means of smoke sealed and fire resistant doors; walls and floors. It shall also mean to include the treatment of building components or contents with flame retardant chemicals.
Fire Safety Constructions
A building unsafe in case of fire because it will burn easily or because it lacks adequate exits or fire escapes.
Fire Trap
An organized group of private firefighters recognized by the BFP; who have voluntarily formed themselves to perform fire-related activities.
Fire Volunteer Organization (FVO)
A person who voluntarily enters into firefighting service through a Fire Volunteer Organization (FVO) and undergoes the same discipline as that of BFP firefighters.
Fire Volunteer
A wall designed to prevent the spread of fire; having a fire
Fire Wall
The active principle of burning; characterized by the heat and light of combustion.
Fire
An enclosed vertical space of passage that extends from floor to floor; as well as from the base to the top of a building
Vertical Shaft
A passage hall or antechamber between the outer doors and the interior parts of a house or building.
Vestibule
Refers to the copious flushing of an area with fresh air for the mitigation of explosion and other fire hazards
Ventilation
Single or compact or multi-stage units and/or combination of unit processes and operation systems; including but not limited to their facilities; appurtenances; service areas and premises; for the purification or treatment of raw water or water from a source that requires the removal and/or reduction of impurities or improvement of its quality to comply with water quality standards as prescribed by the concerned government agency; intended for public use or for specific industrial applications.
Water Treatment Plants
Liquid waste generated by human activities that use water and/or those water that come from residential; commercial; institutional; recreational; industrial; agricultural and other facilities; similar occupancies and related activities.
Waste Water
Single or compact or multi-stage units and/or combination of unit processes and operation systems; including but not limited to their facilities; appurtenances; service areas and premises; for the treatment of used water or waste water generated by residential; recreational; institutional; commercial and industrial and other similar occupancies and related activities that required the removal and/or reduction of contaminants and/or pollutants or improvement of its quality to comply with effluent water quality standards of receiving body of water or environment as prescribed by the concerned government agency.
Waste Water Treatment Plants
