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GLOSSARY aggregate in quantities ranging up to three percent Stockpiles: Places where tires are stored either as rubber. This process is also referred to as the Dry a place of disposal or saved for future use. Process. Strategy: A plan of action or plan of attack. Rubber Reclamation: The process of degradation of the rubber's structure through the use of Supplemental Fuel: A combustible material which mechanical, thermal or chemical processes. displaces a portion of a traditional fuel sources, typically not exceeding 25% of the fuel usage. Salmonellas: Bacteria that causes typhoid fever. Three types occur in humans the symptoms of which Synthetic Rubber: Rubber that is obtained by are extreme gastroenteritis polymerizing petrochemical based monomers. Scrap Tire: A tire which can longer be used for its Tactics: methods of securing the objectives laid out original purpose, due to wear or damage. in the strategy through the use of personnel and equipment to achieve optimum results. Scrap Tire Pile: An accumulation of whole or processed scrap tires for storage. Thermal value: A comparison of energy generated in different substances in equivalent measurement Sectioned Tire: A tire that has been cut into at least like BTU or kilojoules. two component parts. Three Dimensional Fires: A fire occurring with a Shredded Tire: A size reduced scrap tire. The material which has three dimensions, like a structural reduction in size was accomplished by a mechanical fire, forest fire, or tire fire. processing device, commonly referred to a "shredder". Tipping Fee: Amounts charged by a facility operator for disposing of a scrap tire at that facility. Shredder: A machine used to mechanical size reduce tires; generally taking a whole scrap tire Tire: A continuous solid or pneumatic rubber down to smaller piece sizes. covering encircling the wheel of a vehicle. Shredded Rubber: Pieces of scrap tires resulting Tire Dealer: A term used to define independent from mechanical processing. retail tire vendors. Single Pass Shred: A shredded tire that has been Tlre-Derived Fuel (TDF): A uniformly shredded processed with a shear type shredder and has not product obtained from whole tires, used as a fuel. been classified. Also referred to as chunk. Tire Jockey: An independent business with one or Sink Holes: Occur in shredded tire piles. The sink few trucks that pick up and hauls scrap tires for a fee holes are developed as material under the surface is from retail tire vendors to another location. Also consumed in an internal fire, and the surface caves known as a Casing Jockey. in. Truck Tire: Tires with a rim diameter of 20 inches or Spontaneous Ignition: Heat generated by a larger. chemical or bacterial action in combustible material. Two Dimensional Fires: Fires that occur in a flat Steel Belt: Rubber coated steel cords run the plane as in flammable liquid fires. circumference of steel radial tires and extend across the tire approximately the width of the tread. The stiffness of the belts provides good handling, tread wear and bruise resistance. 65