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Fire Engineering Glossary

Technical terms spanning standards, manufacturers, commissioning, networking, testing and fault finding.

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Standards & law

BS 7273-4

The UK code of practice for actuation of release mechanisms for doors — the fire-alarm-to-door-release interface and its categories of actuation.

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