Definition of Fire code

1. Noun. Set of standards established and enforced by government for fire prevention and safety in case of fire as in fire escapes etc.

Generic synonyms: Code, Codification
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Definition of Fire code

1. Noun. A set of building and property regulations designed to establish a mandatory standard for a building's ability to resist the start and spread of a fire as well as facilitating the prompt and safe evacuation of the occupants. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fire Code

fire bosses
fire box
fire break
fire breaks
fire breathing
fire brick
fire bricks
fire brigade
fire brigades
fire bush
fire chief
fire chiefs
fire clay
fire code (current term)
fire companies
fire company
fire control
fire control radar
fire control system
fire crotch
fire cupping
fire dancer
fire department
fire departments
fire dog
fire dogs
fire door
fire drill

Literary usage of Fire code

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of Civic Improvement by Herman Gerlach James (1915)
"Every city should therefore have a fire code for the purpose of prohibiting conditions that are dangerous from this point of view. ..."

2. Kennedy Center: Stronger Oversight of Fire Safety Issues, Construction by L. Mark Goldstein (2005)
"The center has not implemented some of the study's recommendations, nor did it seek peer review of the study even though the fire code provides for ..."

3. Mutual Fund Trading Abuses: SEC Consistently Applied Procedures in Setting by Richard J. Hillman (2005)
"The center has not implemented somt the study's recommendations, nor did it seek peer review of the study though the fire code provides for third-party ..."

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