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FIREPROOF WALL [1 record]

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Record 1 2021-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Walls and Partitions
  • Fire Prevention
DEF

A fire-rated wall with a specified degree of fire resistance, built of fire-resistive materials and usually extending from the foundation up to and through the roof of a building, that is designed to limit the spread of a fire within a structure or between adjacent structures.

CONT

A fire wall must allow for two independent structures in the event of a structural failure on either side of the fire wall. Use of fire barriers and fire walls, when used appropriately, could eliminate the need for a sprinkler system in a building.

OBS

A fire wall is a type of fire barrier.

OBS

fire wall: designation officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

OBS

firewall: designation officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.

Key term(s)
  • fire proof wall

French

Domaine(s)
  • Murs et cloisons
  • Prévention des incendies
DEF

Mur classé résistant au feu qui offre un degré précis de résistance au feu [...] fait de matériaux résistant au feu [...] généralement continu de la fondation au toit du bâtiment [...] conçu pour empêcher la propagation du feu dans la structure ou entre les structures adjacentes.

OBS

Le mur coupe-feu est un type de séparation coupe-feu de construction incombustible qui divise un bâtiment ou sépare des bâtiments contigus afin de s'opposer à la propagation du feu.

OBS

mur coupe-feu : désignation normalisée par l'AFNOR et uniformisée par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick) et le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

OBS

ignifuge : [Cet] adjectif signifie «propre à rendre ininflammables les objets naturellement combustibles». On ne peut donc pas l'employer en parlant d'un mur, d'une cloison ou d'une porte.

Key term(s)
  • mur coupe-feux
  • mur pare-feux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paredes y mamparas
  • Prevención de incendios
DEF

Muro de hormigón armado más o menos resistente al fuego que tiende a restringir la propagación del fuego en el edificio.

Key term(s)
  • muro cortafuegos
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