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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
| Abandoned Property: |
In insurance terminology, abandoned property is property which has been intentionally vacated or discarded, typically because of a hazardous or potentiallly hazardous condition. Education Note:Depending on the situation resulting in the abandonment, the abandoned property rights of a policy. |
| Abandonment: |
The willful vacating of a building. The willful removal, discarding and/or disposal of a content. |
| Abandonned Dwelling: |
In water, fire and chemical exposures, an abandoned dwelling is a building, dwelling, to an office suite, which has beeen intentionally vacated, typically because of a hazardous or potentially hazardous condition. Education Note: An abandoned dwelling, after a period of time, loses its insurance policy rights, even though a policy is active, typically 30 days after the date of abandonment. |
| Quarantine: |
The enforced isolation of a building or area for a fixed period of time. Health Note: a) Quarantine typically relates to diseased buildings that have a direct health effect on its occupants, such as Legionella, Stachybotrys or Aspergillus disease. b) Enforced isolation is usually authorized by the health department or a medical specialist. c) Contractor Note: The word quarantine should not be used by contractors and other non-enforcement personnel, since it can be misinterpreted. See Abandoned Dwelling, Abandonment, Condemned, Confined Space, Isolation, Permit Required Confined Space |
| Reasonably Anticipated Future Use: |
The future use of a building or facility after cleanup and decontamination from abandonment or prior use, which reasonably can be predicted to a high degree of certainty given the historical use or current use, planning and zoning. |
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