Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The risk of loss by fire.
- noun The obligation to make good loss or damage by fire undertaken by a fire-insurance company.
- noun The property on which this risk is taken: as, a good fire-risk.
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Examples
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A homeowner would pay insurance premiums against fire-risk and display a plaque on their house as evidence of their enrollment.
Think Progress » Pawlenty completes global warming flip-flop, calls cap and trade a ‘disaster.’ 2010
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These are questions which must be determined, not merely in regard to the various processes of manufacture, but the individual needs of each concern; the position of the fire-risk in the matter being that the hazard of a building increases very rapidly with its height, and to some extent with its area.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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The same technology used to send SMS messages on mobile phones could be used to develop an efficient and cost-effective early warning message to authorities and people living in fire-risk areas, according to researchers from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
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With an estimated 49,000 homes in risk zones, some Victorian towns could disappear if calls to resettle people from high fire-risk areas were adopted.
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The same technology used to send SMS messages on mobile phones could be used to develop an efficient and cost-effective early warning message to authorities and people living in fire-risk areas, according to researchers from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
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The same technology used to send SMS messages on mobile phones could be used to develop an efficient and cost-effective early warning message to authorities and people living in fire-risk areas, according to researchers from the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
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The final report from the Royal Commission suggested the replacement of fire-risk powerlines within ten years.
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The growing number of high-rises, coupled with haphazard development, and the lack of open space and ventilation, has ignited the city's fire-risk index, they added.
Analysis 2010
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Mr Niemann said the biggest issues that will affect the city will be changes to planning provisions in high fire-risk areas.
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Forty-four schools didn't even have a battery-powered radio for blackouts, despite warnings people in fire-risk areas should listen for radio safety messages.
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