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Very early smoke detection alert (VESDA)

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A system that samples the air on a continuing basis and can detect fire at the pre-combustion stage.

MWEFederal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

Classifications

Entity Type

Event100%manual reviewI-079.event_restored
Ddorianclast reviewed —
Event is a type again; Triggering Event is an Event that obliges a response (Dorian, 2026-10-07; cki DESIGN.md I-079)

Sensitivity

Restricted72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —

Information Class

—95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
?unassignedlast reviewed —

Variants

plural
Very early smoke detection alert (VESDA)S
possessive
Very early smoke detection alert (VESDA)'s
pluralpossessive
Very early smoke detection alert (VESDA)S'