Overloading - the use of one or more electrical appliances or devices which draw or consume electrical current beyond the designed capacity of the existing electrical system.
Owner - any person who holds the legal right of possession or title to a building or real property.
Oxidizing Material - a material that readily yields oxygen in quantities sufficient to stimulate or support combustion.
Pressurized or Forced Draft Burning Equipment - type of burner where the fuel is subjected to pressure prior to discharge into the combustion chamber and/or which includes fans or other provisions for the introduction of air at above normal atmospheric pressure into the same combustion chamber.
Public Assembly Building - any building or structure where fifty (50) or more people congregate, gather, or assemble for any purpose.
Public Way - any street, alley or other strip of land unobstructed from the ground to the sky, deeded, dedicated or otherwise permanently appropriated for public use.
Pyrophoric - descriptive of any substance that ignites spontaneously when exposed to air.
Refining - a process where impurities and/or deleterious materials are removed from a mixture in order to produce a pure element of compound. It shall also refer to partial distillation and electrolysis.
Self-closing Doors - automatic closing doors that are designed to confine smoke and heat and delay the spread of fire.
Smelting - melting or fusing of metallic ores or compounds so as to separate impurities from pure metals.
Sprinkler System - an integrated network of hydraulically designed piping installed in a building, structure or area with outlets arranged in a systematic pattern which automatically discharges water when activated by heat or combustion products from fire.
Standpipe System - a system of vertical pipes in a building to which fire hoses can be attached on each floor, including a system by which water is made available to those outlets as needed.
Vestibule - a passage hall or antechamber between the outer doors and the interior parts of a house or building.
Vertical Shaft - an enclosed vertical space of passage that extends from floor to floor, as well as from the base to the top of the building.
Source: RA 9514
