equivalent level of safety
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “equivalent level of safety” means an alternative design or system (which may include automatic sprinkler systems), based upon fire protection engineering analysis, which achieves a level of safety equal to or greater than that provided by automatic sprinkler systems.
Source
- 1994–present15 U.S.C. § 2227Commerce and Trade · Fire safety systems in federally assisted buildings · for purposes of this section