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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.
Definition
| Background Concentration: |
A means by which through observation and scientific methods, industrial hygienists are able to attaining historical and current base-line data information for the eventual post clearance testing. Education Note: In catastrophic disasters, such as from fires and floods, much of the historical and base-line data has been destroyed since the building's microflora will have been changed, and new baseline data must be established for the building and its occupants after restoration. See Baseline Data. |
| Background Measurements |
a) The measurements usually required of non-effected atmospheres and materials, which are used as comparative measurements, measuring against questionable atmospheres and materials. b) Background measurements are measures of a control atmosphere or material. Education Note: For example, the temperature, humidity and moisture contents readings of outside atmospheres and dry materials, verses known or suspect wet atmospheres inside a building. See Baseline Data, Comparative Measurements, Moisture Content. |
| Daseline Data: |
a) Building and environmental information which are gathered to determine the accumulations of biological, chemical, toxins and other physical properties. b) The baseline data of acceptable indoor air quality, including thermal, physical and respirable measurements. c) The baseline data of acceptable indoor air quality verses outside air quality. d) The efficiency ratio of a ventilation system to operate and separate contaminates from indoor air. e) The energy efficiency of a building over time. See Background Measurements. |
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