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Disaster Advice Glossary
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Disaster recovery and restoration can be veiled in mystery to the many who have not undertaken specific training. This glossary explains technical terms to assist both report writing and the understanding of those technical terms so often misunderstood.
Definitions
| ACS: |
An abbreviation for the Air Conveyance System. The air conveyance sytem is the mechanical air handling part of the building's ventilation system. |
| Alveolitis: |
An inflammation of the alveoli sacs in the lungs. The most common cause of allergic reaction is from inhaling dusts and fungi spores. |
| EAC (Electronic Air Cleaner): |
Also called an Electronic Precipitator. EACs use a high voltage between two conductors to remove airborne particles (pollens, fungi, dust, dander, skin cells, etc.) from the air flowing through it. |
| Wet-vac: |
A portable vacuum machine cable of removing water from a surface. Education Note: A wet-vac is usually for small cleanup jobs requiring a minor amount of equipment and services to contain and remove flooding followed by drying. For larger floods, a wet-vac is usually not sufficient nor practical. A wet-vac should not be confused with a dry-vac. Some dry-vacs can remove both water and dry materials, while other dry-vacuums can support dry materials only. While positioned indoors, a wet-vac should contain fresh water floods only. The reason, is exhausting biological materials indoors that can cause a health concern to persons who breathe in spores, bacteria and viruses. |
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