• In the event of a fire, a smoke control system is used to keep a building's escape routes and access routes free from smoke, assist fire-fighting operations...
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    also be used for pest control (fumigation), communication (smoke signals), defensive and offensive capabilities in the military (smoke screen), cooking, or...
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    movement toward smokeless fuels, especially in high-population "smoke control areas" to reduce smoke pollution and sulphur dioxide from household fires. The Act...
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    issue a signal to a fire alarm control panel as part of a fire alarm system. Usually, an individual commercial smoke detector unit does not issue an...
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    smoking is the inhalation of tobacco smoke, called passive smoke, secondhand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), by individuals other than the...
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    located in a designated smoke control area. It is also an offence to acquire an "unauthorized fuel" for use within a smoke control area unless it is used...
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    2007 and Jordan, Evers, Spira, King & Lid, 2013. In the treatment of smoke control, TTM focuses on each stage to monitor and to achieve a progression to...
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    the smoke crossed the Atlantic, reaching Europe. Many of the largest fires were under control by July, including fires which had funnelled June smoke into...
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    Liquid smoke is a water-soluble yellow to red liquid used as a flavoring as a substitute for cooking with wood smoke while retaining a similar flavor...
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    screening device for unit movements. Smoke grenades are generally more complex and emit a far larger amount of smoke than smoke bombs, which are a type of firework...
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    including telecomm, control rooms, waste treatment, mining and more. Carbon monoxide detector Heat detector Smoke detector "Aspirating Smoke Detectors (ASD)"...
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    windows, and wall assemblies, fire-resistant coatings, and other fire and smoke control assemblies. Passive fire protection systems can include active components...
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    Smoking bans, or smoke-free laws, are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, that prohibit tobacco smoking...
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  • "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" is a Western swing novelty song written by Merle Travis and Tex Williams, for Williams and his talking blues style...
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    by exposing it to smoke from burning or smoldering material, most often wood. Meat, fish, and lapsang souchong tea are often smoked. In Europe, alder...
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    rygeost, and smoked Cheddar. Smoked Austrian cheese Smoked Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese Smoked Gruyère cheese Smoked cheese in the Netherlands Smoked Polish...
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    A smoke screen is smoke released to mask the movement or location of military units such as infantry, tanks, aircraft, or ships. Smoke screens are commonly...
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  • owned business, founded in 1931, that designs and supplies climate control, smoke control, natural ventilation, solar shading, as well as providing service...
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    control (EVAP) system. In infectious disease control a smoke test is done to see whether a room is under negative pressure. A tube containing smoke is...
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    walls and floors. Fire/smoke dampers are similar to fire dampers in fire resistance rating, and also prevent the spread of smoke inside the ducts. When...
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  • Heat and smoke vents are installed in buildings as an active fire protection measure. They are openings in the roof which are intended to vent the heat...
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  • communication capabilities. Stairwells (also to allow egress unimpeded by smoke) Control rooms in nuclear power stations, chemical plants, and high security...
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  • furniture can produce a layer of hot smoke, which spreads across the ceiling in the room. The hot buoyant smoke layer grows in depth, as it is bounded...
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  • Smoke on This... is the debut solo studio album by American musician Rex Brown, released on July 28, 2017 via the label Entertainment One. For the first...
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    crew and passengers. Additional functions include the cooling of avionics, smoke detection, and fire suppression. The systems described below are specific...
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  • chimneys. In 1974 the first Control of Air Pollution act also introduced regulations on the composition of motor fuels. Smoke Control Areas (SCA) have led to...
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    tobacco smoking in certain spaces. Laws pertaining to where people may smoke vary around the world. A law came into effect on 30 May 2007 restricting...
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  • https://www.amca.org/assets/resources/public/documents/FireSmokeDampers.pdf "Fire Dampers and Smoke Dampers", retrieved August 17, 2021 White Products Fusible...
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  • A smoke composition is a pyrotechnic composition designed primarily to generate smoke. Smoke compositions are used as obscurants or for generation of signaling...
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    Smoke Control Ordinance that prohibits smoking in all public places in the City of Calabasas where other persons may be exposed to second-hand smoke....
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