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DRENCHER INSTALLATION [1 record]

Record 1 2017-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fixed Rescue Facilities (fire)
DEF

Automatic system of water pipes fitted with drencher exposure heads at suitable intervals and heights, and designed to discharge water on to a surface to be protected against fire exposure.

DEF

water curtain: A row of outside sprinklers protecting a building from exposure fires.

OBS

drencher system: term and definition standardized by ISO.

OBS

open-head system: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • open sprinkler equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations fixes de secours (incendies)
DEF

Système automatique de tuyauteries d'eau équipées de diffuseurs disposés à intervalles et hauteurs appropriés et conçu pour projeter de l'eau sur une surface à protéger contre l'exposition d'un feu.

OBS

L'expression «water curtain» désigne également une batterie de lances établies sur le lieu d'un incendie en vue de protéger les contiguïtés.

OBS

rideau d'eau : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

OBS

rideau d'eau : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones fijas de salvamento (incendios)
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