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National Fire Protection Association
Industry: Fire safety
Number of terms: 98780
Number of blossaries: 0
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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 chain-fused firework that propels a series of aerial shell, comet, or mine effects into the air from a single tube.
Industry:Fire safety
A cessation of proper functioning or performance.
Industry:Fire safety
A certified user with overall responsibility for the safety, setup, and launching of all rockets at a high power rocket launch.
Industry:Fire safety
A centrifugal pump whose drive unit is supported by the pump having its suction and discharge flanges on approximately the same centerline.
Industry:Fire safety
A centrifugal pump characterized by a housing that is split parallel to the shaft.
Industry:Fire safety
A central warm air heating system through which air is circulated by gravity.
Industry:Fire safety
A central warm air heating system that is equipped with a fan or blower that provides the primary means for circulation of air.
Industry:Fire safety
A central furnace equipped with a fan as an integral part of its construction and operable on gravity systems only. The fan is used only to overcome the internal resistance to airflow.
Industry:Fire safety
A central furnace equipped with a fan as an integral part of its construction and operable on gravity systems only where the fan is used only to overcome the internal resistance to airflow.
Industry:Fire safety
A central furnace equipped with a booster fan that does not materially restrict free circulation of air by gravity flow when such a fan is not in operation.
Industry:Fire safety