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Fire control

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fire protection engineeringthe application of science and engineering principles to protect people, property, and their environments from the harmful and destructive effects of fire and smoke.
fire suppression systemFire suppression systems are used to extinguish, control, or in some cases, entirely prevent fires from spreading or occurring.
fire protectionthe study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially destructive fires.
firefightingnounThe extinguishing of a fire.
back firenounAn explosion produced either by a running internal combustion engine that occurs in the air intake or exhaust system rather than inside the combustion chamber or unburned fuel or hydrocarbons ignited somewhere in the exhaust system.
fire trianglenounThe three elements necessary and sufficient to sustain a fire: fuel (e.g. wood or petrol/gasoline), oxidizer (e.g. oxygen), and sufficient heat (e.g. reaction temperature or activation energy).
gaseous fire suppressionGaseous fire suppression, also called clean agent fire suppression, is the use of inert gases and chemical agents to extinguish a fire.
compressed air foam systemA compressed air foam system is used in firefighting to deliver fire retardant foam for the purpose of extinguishing a fire or protecting unburned areas.
fire ecologya scientific discipline concerned with the effects of fire on natural ecosystems.
reducing flamenoun(chemistry) The part of a flame that has an excess of fuel and is capable of reducing something that it is in contact with
firefighternoun(firefighting) A person who has been trained to put out fires.
firenoun(uncountable) A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
fireproofingnounThe process of making something resistant to fire.
fire dampernounA damper which closes off an air duct automatically in the event of fire so as to restrict the passage of fire and smoke.
fire hardeningthe process of removing moisture from wood, changing its structure and material properties, by charring it over or directly in a fire or a bed of coals.
fire codenounA set of building and property regulations designed to establish a mandatory standard for a building's ability to resist the start and spread of a fire as well as facilitating the prompt and safe evacuation of the occupants.
firewallnoun(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.
fire extinguishernounA device that can be used to put out a fire. Usually a portable cylinder filled with carbon dioxide, dry powder or water, in the latter two cases with some means of pressurising the cylinder to expel the contents.
thermal insulationthe reduction of heat transfer (i.e., the transfer of thermal energy between objects of differing temperature) between objects in thermal contact or in range of radiative influence.
firebombingnounAn attack with a firebomb.

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