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Every company has an 'accounting reference date'. This is a date which it chooses itself, and.
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Both a noun and a verb to describe the exterior surface of building elements (walls, floors, ceilings, etc.) and furniture, and the process of applying it.
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Classifications of fires developed by the National Fire Protection Association.
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The state of the weather with respect to its effect upon the kindling and spreading of forest fires.
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A graphical aid used in fire weather forecasting to calculate the degree of forest-fire danger (or burning index). Commonly in the form of a circular slide rule, the firedanger meter relates numerical indices of (a) the seasonal stage of foliage, (b) the ...
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The ability of a building construction assembly (partition, wall, floor, etc.) to resist the passage of fire. The rating is expressed in hours.
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A wood or gas burning appliance that is primarily used to provide ambiance to a room. Conventional, masonry fireplaces without energy saving features, often take more heat from a space than they put into it.
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A wood or gas burning heating appliance that fits into the opening or protrudes on to the hearth of a conventional fireplace.
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A wall to prevent the spread of fire; usually made of non-combustible material.
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The amount of BTU's/hour or kW's produced by a heating system from the burning of a fuel.
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Old snow that has become granular and compacted as a result of melting and refreezing.
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The first closing date is one of the milestones in the process by which one company takes over.
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A joint-life insurance policy which pays money to a surviving partner on the first partner's.
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States that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but only changed from one form to another. First Law efficiency measures the fraction of energy supplied to a device or process that it delivers in its output. Also called the law of conservation of energ ...
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The amount of work done on or by a system is equal to the amount of energy transferred to or from the system.