7. Glossary
Anoxia; anoxia
Lack of oxygen available to the tissues of a living organism, which can endanger its survival.
Widespread conflagration
Situation where all materials present in a volume contribute to the fire through the production of pyrolysis gases.
Flash-over
A situation where a generalized conflagration occurs very rapidly.
Smoke explosion; backdraught (UK)/backdraft (US)
Explosion of the mixture of hot fumes and unburnt gases when a sudden, massive influx of air is supplied.
Feu se déplaçant; travelling fire
A fire that can occur in an enclosed space with a large surface area and low height, where a local flashover zone moves into the volume without simultaneously...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Fire threat to people and environment. - ISO/TC 92/SC 3 - 1980
- Fire safety engineering. - ISO/TC 92/SC 4 - 1991
- Fire safety engineering – Requirements for algebraic equations – Part 1: General requirements. - ISO 24678-1 :2019 - Mars 2019
- Fire safety engineering – Algebraic formula requirements – Part 6: Flashover phenomena. - ISO 24678-6 :2016 - Août 2016
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