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DRY STAND-PIPE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-05-31

English

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

A permanent pipe installed in a building with inlets on the street level and outlets on each floor and roof not connected to a source of water and for the exclusive use of of a fire department.

OBS

dry rising main: term standardized by ISO.

OBS

dry standpipe: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • dry stand-pipe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments du bâtiment
  • Installations fixes de secours (incendies)
DEF

Tuyauterie vide, verticale, installée à demeure dans une construction et à l'usage des sapeurs-pompiers.

OBS

[Ce genre de] canalisation [fixe et rigide est] munie de prises d'eau aux divers étages pour permettre aux pompiers d'y brancher leurs tuyaux de 65 mm et [est] alimentée à sa partie basse par leurs autopompes.

OBS

colonne sèche : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

OBS

colonne sèche : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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