<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 16-3. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
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               <span class="ital">Chief of the bureau of fire prevention</span> or <span class="ital">fire official.</span> Whenever the term "chief of the bureau of fire prevention" or the term "fire official"
               is used in North Carolina State Fire Prevention Code and all technical codes, appendixes
               and standards adopted in this chapter, it shall be held to mean the county fire marshal
               or his officers.
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               <span class="ital">Fire preventing bureau.</span> Whenever the term "fire prevention bureau" is used in volume V, fire prevention,
               of the state building code and all technical codes, appendixes and standards hereby
               adopted, it shall be held to mean the county fire marshal's office.
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               <span class="ital">Fire prevention</span> means those services and actions undertaken to eliminate fire hazards and perils,
               reduce the risk of occurrences of fire and passively protect property and persons
               from damage and injury and reduce the extent of the same in the event of fire.
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               Other words, phrases and terms used in this chapter to the extent possible shall be
               given the meanings set forth in the North Carolina State Fire Prevention Code, as
               it may be amended from time to time.
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               (Ord. of 4-26-93, Â§ 4; Ord. of 8-14-06(2), Â§ 2)
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions generally, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH1GEPR_S1-2RUCODE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12650">Â§ 1-2</a>.
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