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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.
Capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, or the environment; capable of causing harm.
Industry:Fire safety
Capable of being recognized by a person of normal vision without causing uncertainty and indecisiveness about the location or operating process of the identified item.
Industry:Fire safety
Capable of being operated without exposing the operator to contact with energized electrical conductors or circuit parts.
Industry:Fire safety
As applied to energized electrical conductors or circuit parts. Capable of being inadvertently touched or approached nearer than a safe distance by a person. It is applied to electrical conductors or circuit parts that are not suitably guarded, isolated, or insulated.
Industry:Fire safety
Capable of being exposed for inspection, maintenance, or repair without damage to the chimney or building structure or finish, but which may require the removal of doors, panels, or coverings using commonly available tools.
Industry:Fire safety
Cables with an hourly fire resistance rating based on maintaining functionality when exposed to fire tests in NFPA 251, StandardMethodsofTestsofFireResistanceofBuildingConstructionandMaterials.
Industry:Fire safety
Cables or conductors that are tied, wrapped, taped, or otherwise periodically bound together.
Industry:Fire safety
Cables or conductors positioned adjacent to one another but not in continuous contact with each other.
Industry:Fire safety
Cable(s) used for remote-control, signaling, or power-limited systems that supply critical circuits to ensure survivability for continued circuit operation for a specified time under fire conditions.
Industry:Fire safety
Cable used in fire alarm systems to ensure continued operation of critical circuits during a specified time under fire conditions.
Industry:Fire safety