Explosive and fire-hazardous environment – definition and meaning of "Explosive and fire-hazardous environment"

Fire and explosion hazardous environment — an environment is considered fire and explosion hazardous if mixtures of oxidizer with flammable gases, vapors of easily ignitable liquids, flammable aerosols, and combustible dust may form, in which ignition may initiate an explosion and (or) fire¹.

Federal Law No. 123-FZ dated 22.07.2008 "Technical Regulation on Fire Safety Requirements", as amended on 2008-07-22, Article 16, paragraph 3 // RSFSR Gazette. 2008. No. 30. Item 3579. ↩