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Occupant Load. The maximum number of persons that may be allowed to
occupy a particular building, structure, or facility, or portions hereof.
Occupant. Any person actually occupying and using a building or portions
thereof by virtue of a lease contract with the owner or administrator or by
permission or sufferance of the latter.
Oil Burning Equipment. An oil burner of any type together with its tank, piping,
wiring controls, blower, and related devices, and shall include all oil-fired
units, heating and cooking appliances.
Organic Coating. A liquid mixture of binders such as alkyd, nitrocellulose,
acrylic, or oil, and flammable and combustible solvents such as hydrocarbon,
ester, ketene or alcohol, which when spread on a surface becomes a
durable protective and decorative finish.
Organic Peroxide. A strong oxidizing organic compound which releases
oxygen readily. It causes fire when in contact with combustible materials
especially under conditions of high temperature.
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. The 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.
Ozone Depleting Refrigerant/Substance.
Any group of halogenated
hydrocarbon chemicals which photochemically reacts in the stratosphere in
a way which destroys the ozone layer.
Panic Hardware. A mechanical device consisting of linkages and horizontal
bars across a door, which when pushed from the inside will cause the door to
open and facilitates exit from the building, structure or facility.
Picking Rooms. Rooms where baled, bundled or piled materials are
segregated into desired sizes or groups.
Plastics.
Group A Plastics. Plastic materials having heat of combustion much
higher than that of ordinary combustibles and burning rate higher than
that of Group B plastics. Examples of Group A plastics include, but are not
limited to, the following:
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ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer)
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