EN ISO 13943:2010
(Main)Fire safety - Vocabulary (ISO 13943:2008)
Fire safety - Vocabulary (ISO 13943:2008)
ISO13943:2008 defines terminology relating to fire safety as used in International Standards and other documents of the International Standardization Organization and the International Electrotechnical Committee.
Brandschutz - Vokabular (ISO 13943:2008)
Diese Internationale Norm legt die Terminologie in Bezug auf Brandschutz, wie sie in Internationalen Normen und anderen Dokumenten der Internationalen Organisation für Normung (ISO) und des Internationalen Elektrotechnischen Komitees (IEC) angewendet wird, fest.
Sécurité au feu - Vocabulaire (ISO 13943:2008)
L'ISO 13943:2008 définit la terminologie relative à la sécurité au feu, telle qu'utilisée dans les Normes internationales et dans d'autres documents émanant de l'ISO et de la CEI.
Požarna varnost - Slovar (ISO 13943:2008)
Ta mednarodni standard določa terminologijo, povezano s požarno varnostjo, ki se uporablja v mednarodnih standardih in drugih dokumentih Mednarodne organizacije za standardizacijo in Mednarodnega elektrotehniškega odbora.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2011
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SIST EN ISO 13943:2002
Požarna varnost - Slovar (ISO 13943:2008)
Fire safety - Vocabulary (ISO 13943:2008)
Brandschutz - Vokabular (ISO 13943:2008)
Sécurité au feu - Vocabulaire (ISO 13943:2008)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 13943:2010
ICS:
01.040.13 Varstvo okolja in zdravja. Environment and health
Varnost (Slovarji) protection. Safety
(Vocabularies)
13.220.01 Varstvo pred požarom na Protection against fire in
splošno general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 13943
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2010
ICS 01.040.13; 13.220.01 Supersedes EN ISO 13943:2000
English Version
Fire safety - Vocabulary (ISO 13943:2008)
Sécurité au feu - Vocabulaire (ISO 13943:2008) Brandschutz - Vokabular (ISO 13943:2008)
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Foreword .3
Foreword
The text of ISO 13943:2008 has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 92 “Fire safety” of the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and has been taken over as EN ISO 13943:2010 by
Technical Committee CEN/TC 127 “Fire safety in buildings” the secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by March 2011, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at
the latest by March 2011.
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rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 13943:2000.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 13943:2008 has been approved by CEN as a EN ISO 13943:2010 without any modification.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 13943
Second edition
2008-10-15
Fire safety — Vocabulary
Sécurité au feu — Vocabulaire
Reference number
ISO 13943:2008(E)
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ISO 2008
ISO 13943:2008(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction.v
1 Scope.1
2 Normative references.1
3 Definition of the term “item” .1
4 Terms and definitions.1
Bibliography.41
Alphabetical index.42
Systematic index .46
Index of deprecated terms.51
ISO 13943:2008(E)
Foreword
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(ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO
technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been
established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and
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International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO 13943 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 92, Fire safety, in cooperation with Technical
Committee IEC/TC 89, Fire hazard testing.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 13943:2000), which has been technically
revised.
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Introduction
Over the last two decades, there has been significant growth in the subject field of fire safety. There has been
a considerable development of fire safety engineering design, especially as it relates to construction projects,
as well as the development of concepts related to performance-based design. With this continuing evolution,
there is an increasing need for agreement on a common language in the large domain of fire safety, beyond
what traditionally has been limited to the subject field of fire hazard testing.
The first edition of ISO 13943 contained definitions of about 180 terms. However, the area of technology that
is related to fire safety has continued to evolve rapidly and this second edition contains many new terms as
well as new definitions of some of the terms that were in the first edition.
This International Standard defines general terms to establish a vocabulary applicable to fire safety, including
fire safety in buildings and civil engineering works and other elements within the built environment. It will be
updated as terms and definitions for further concepts in the subject field of fire safety are agreed upon and
developed.
It is important to note that when used in legislation, some general fire safety terms have a narrower
interpretation and hence the definition given in this International Standard does not apply.
The terms in this International Standard are
— fundamental concepts, which may be the starting point for other, more specific, definitions,
— more specific concepts, used in several areas of fire safety such as fire testing and fire safety engineering
used in ISO and IEC fire standards, and
— related concept fields, designated by borrowed terms used in building and civil engineering.
The layout is in accordance with ISO 10241, unless otherwise specified. Thus, the elements of an entry
appear in the following order:
a) entry number;
b) preferred term(s);
c) admitted term(s);
d) deprecated term(s);
e) definition;
f) example(s);
g) note(s).
The terms are presented in English alphabetical order and are in bold type except for accepted but non-
preferred terms and deprecated terms, which are in normal type.
In a definition, example or note, reference to another entry in bold face is followed by the entry number in
brackets, when it is first mentioned.
Entry number, preferred term and definition are the mandatory elements of each entry. Other elements appear
only when appropriate.
Where a given term designates more than one concept, the concepts are listed in separate consecutive
entries and the terms individually numbered.
If the term has a general meaning but is being used in a specific subject field, that subject field is indicated in
angled brackets, 〈 〉, at the beginning of the definition.
Word class, e.g. “noun”, “adj.”, “verb”, is indicated if there is a risk of misunderstanding.
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Where the term describes a physical quantity, a note is given to indicate the typical units that are used (except
in cases where the unit is a single dimension such as mass, time or length).
Where a national variant in English is preferred or another equivalent exists, this has been given in bold face
following the preferred term and annotated by the respective country code. Where no other country code or
other equivalent is given in bold, this signifies that the preferred term is the accepted term in English-speaking
countries.
A term following the preferred term not given in boldface type is a non-preferred synonym.
To facilitate the location of any term given in this International Standard, irrespective of preference or country
of origin, the alphabetical index lists all preferred and non-preferred synonyms, without the respective country
code being indicated. There is also a systematic index and an index of deprecated terms.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 13943:2008(E)
Fire safety — Vocabulary
1 Scope
This International Standard defines terminology relating to fire safety as used in International Standards and
other documents of the International Standardization Organization and the International Electrotechnical
Committee.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the reference
...
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