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Horizontal fire

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(Mil.) the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation.

See also: Horizontal



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Practically, in terms of fire protection and means of escape, the necessary compartmentalisation has been made possible by electronically operated, horizontal fire shutters.
Class B -- openings in enclosures of vertical communications through buildings and 2-hour rated partitions providing horizontal fire separations.
The Canadian Housing Code is a compendium of those requirements in the NBC that apply to housing with no horizontal fire separation or shared egress, that is, detached, semi-detached and row houses.
 
 
 
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