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National Fire Protection Association
Industry: Fire safety
Number of terms: 98780
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Established in 1896, NFPA's mission is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education.
A type of surface, flush, or freestanding raceway designed to hold conductors and receptacles, assembled in the field or at the factory.
Industry:Fire safety
A type of sprinkler system capable of repeated on-off flow cycles in response to heat.
Industry:Fire safety
A type of spray sprinkler with maximum coverage areas as specified in Sections 8. 8 and 8. 9 of NFPA 13.
Industry:Fire safety
A type of spray sprinkler that meets the fast response criteria of 3. 6. 1(a)(1) of NFPA 13 and is listed as a quick-response sprinkler for its intended use.
Industry:Fire safety
A type of specific application control mode sprinkler that is capable of producing characteristic large water droplets and that is listed for its capability to provide fire control of specific high-challenge fire hazards.
Industry:Fire safety
A type of smoke-control system that has pressurization air supplied from only one location.
Industry:Fire safety
A type of smoke-control system that has pressurization air supplied from multiple locations.
Industry:Fire safety
A type of smoke-control system in which stair shafts are mechanically pressurized, with respect to the fire area, with outdoor air to keep smoke from contaminating them during a fire incident.
Industry:Fire safety
A type of sign that is self-energized with respect to luminosity and requires no external power source.
Industry:Fire safety
A type of shaft or footing excavation, the bottom of which is made larger than the cross section above to form a bell shape.
Industry:Fire safety