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Anesthetics Gas. A medical gas used as anesthetic agents for surgical
procedures that could either be flammable or non-flammable. Examples of
flammable anesthetics are cyclopropane and ethylene. Examples of non-
flammable anesthetic gases are nitrous oxides and halothane.
Approved. Acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
Arena stage. A stage or platform that opens on at least three (3) sides to
audience seating. It may be with or without overhead scene handling
facilities.
Authorized Government Depository Bank (AGDB) or Authorized Government
Servicing Bank (AGSB). Government servicing banks such as Land Bank of
the Philippines (LBP), Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), United
Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB), and Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB), wherein
fire code revenues are deposited for subsequent remittance to the Bureau of
Treasury (BOT).
Automatic Fire Suppression System. An integrated system of underground or
overhead piping or both connected to a source of extinguishing agent or
medium and designed in accordance with fire protection engineering
standards which, when actuated by its automatic detecting device,
suppresses fires within the area protected.
Automotive Service Station. That portion of property where liquids used as
motor fuels are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into the fuel tanks
of motor vehicles and shall include any facilities available for the sale and
service of tires, batteries and accessories, and for minor automotive
maintenance work.
Baffle. A non liquid-tight transverse partition in a cargo tank.
Bale. A large bundle or package of hay or a raw material such as cotton,
tightly bound with string or wire to keep it in shape during transportation or
storage.
Below Ground Container. A storage installation in which the maximum liquid
level in the container below the surrounding grade or below a backfill berm,
which is at least two hundred fifty centimeters (250 cm) wide at the top, and
then slopes away from the container at natural angle of repose or is retained
two hundred fifty centimeters (250 cm) from the container by a retaining wall,
and constructed of earth, concrete, solid masonry or other suitable material
designed to prevent the escape of liquid.
Berm. In open-pit mining, a berm refers to rocks piled alongside a haulage
road or along the edge of a dump point intended as a safety measure. They
are commonly required by government organizations to be at least one-half
as tall as the wheel of the largest mining machine on-site.
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