fire protection
Guarding against flames
Fire protection encompasses measures and systems designed to prevent fires or limit their damage.
This includes equipment like sprinklers, extinguishers, and alarms, as well as building features like fire doors and fireproof materials.
The term covers both active systems that respond to fires and passive features built into structures: The building's fire protection met all current codes.
- smoke alarmAirborne combustion sensor
- hydrantStreet-side water outlet
- sprinklerWater-dispersing lawn fixture
- emergency exitUrgent departure route
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
extinguisher · alarm · evacuation plans · safety · smoke detector · compartmentalization · intumescent · prevention · stop drop roll · detection · inspection · resistant · code · hazard · hose · rescue · exit · exit sign
- military supportmedical services, transportation, communications, engineering, logistics
- firefightingfirefighter, firefighters, firehouse, flashing lights, emergency lights
- engineering servicescivil engineering, structural engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering
- fire insurancesmoke damage, premiums, coverage limits, underwriting, policies
- construction chemicalsadmixtures, plasticizers, accelerators, retarders, sealants
- government functionslaw enforcement, national defense, tax collection, public safety, judiciary
fire protectionfire hazard
Combustion danger source
fire risk · fire danger · flammability · combustibility · arson
fire protectionarson
Criminal deliberate burning
incendiarism · firebombing · torching · fire attack · immolation
fire protectionfire damage
Destruction from flames
conflagration · incineration · burning · immolation · combustion
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