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compartmentation

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1. Establishment and management of an organization so that information about the personnel, internal organization, or activities of one component is made available to any other component only to the extent required for the performance of assigned duties.
2. Effects of relief and drainage upon avenues of approach so as to produce areas bounded on at least two sides by terrain features such as woods, ridges, or ravines that limit observation or observed fire into the area from points outside the area.


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Adequate and reliable fire safety can only be achieved in these facilities by spending the time and money to improve detection and compartmentation, in addition to installing and properly maintaining automatic sprinkler systems.
Current security requirements nurture overclassification and excessive compartmentation of information among agencies," the report states.
Compartmentation and reliability of sampling procedures in organochlorine pollution surveys of cetaceans.
 
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