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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 single furnace unit designed to burn more than one type of fuel (gas, oil, or solid), either separately or simultaneously, using either separate or common combustion chambers and flues.
Industry:Fire safety
A single containment container surrounded by and within 20 ft (6 m) of a containment wall (secondary container) that is open to the atmosphere and designed to contain LNG in the event of a spill from the primary or inner container.
Industry:Fire safety
A single conductor or multiconductor assembly provided with or without an overall covering, primarily used for services, and of the following types:
Industry:Fire safety
A single combustible object within the compartment that is permanent or transient, movable, or fixed.
Industry:Fire safety
A single burner boiler start-up that is initiated by steam pressure or water temperature following a normal shutdown.
Industry:Fire safety
A single building enclosing a number of tenants and occupancies wherein two or more tenants have a main entrance into one or more malls. For the purpose of this Code, anchor buildings shall not be considered as a part of the mall building.
Industry:Fire safety
A single building enclosing a number of tenants and occupancies wherein two or more tenants have a main entrance into one or more malls.
Industry:Fire safety
A single boiler unit designed to burn more than one type of fuel (gas, oil, or solid), either separately or simultaneously, using either separate or common combustion chambers and flues.
Industry:Fire safety
A signed application approval furnished by the component manufacturer that certifies that the component is approved as being properly installed or applied, or both, in the vehicle for its intended use, or the component complies with the respective construction criteria required by the standard.
Industry:Fire safety
A signaling method characterized by simultaneous or sequential transmission, or both, and reception of multiple signals on a signaling line circuit, a transmission channel, or a communications channel, including means for positively identifying each signal.
Industry:Fire safety