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City/Municipal Fire Marshal. The duly designated head of the City or
Municipal Fire Station including those designated as “Officer-in-Charge” or in
an “Acting” capacity. This shall also apply to highly urbanized Cities and
Stations where by its approved organization the head is the District Fire
Marshal or Station Commander as the case maybe.
Chemical Plant. A large integrated plant or that portion of such plant other
than a refinery or distillery where flammable or combustible liquids are
produced by chemical reactions or used in chemical reactions.
Class A Fires. Fires involving ordinary combustible materials such as wood,
cloth, rubber and plastics.
Class B Fires. Fires involving flammable liquids and gases.
Class C Fires. Fires involving energized electrical equipment.
Class D Fire. Fires involving combustible materials, such as sodium,
magnesium, potassium, and other similar materials.
Class K Fires. Fires in cooking appliances that involve combustible cooking
media (vegetable or animal oils and fats).
Closed Container. Any container so sealed by means of a lid or other device
that neither liquid nor vapor will escape from it at ordinary temperatures.
Collecting Officer. An accountable officer, who shall be responsible in the
collection, deposit and remittance of fire code revenues from all fire code
taxes, fees/charges and fines with AGDB or AGSB.
Combination Standpipe. A pipeline system filled with water and connected to
a constant water supply for the use of the BFP and the occupants of the
buildings solely for fire suppression purposes.
Combustible Fiber Loose House. An enclosed and isolated structure where
loose fibers are worked upon, and used as storage for such fibers.
Combustible Fibers. Any readily ignitable and free-burning fibers, such as but
not limited, to cocoa fiber, cotton, excelsior, hay, hemp, henequen, istle, jute,
kapok, oakrum, rags, sisal, Spanish moss, straw, tow, waste cloth, waste
paper, certain synthetic fibers commonly used in commerce, or any material
in a fibrous or shredded form that will readily ignite when heat sources are
present.
Combustible Liquid. Any liquid having a flash point at or above thirty seven
and eight tenths degrees Celsius (37.8°C), and classified as follows:
Class II Liquid. Any liquid that has a flash point at or above thirty seven and
eight tenths degrees Celsius (37.8°C) and below sixty degrees Celsius (60°C).
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