- 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.
Any device that allows fire hose couplings to be safely interconnected with couplings of different sizes, threads, or mating surfaces, or that allows fire hose couplings to be safely connected to other appliances.
Industry:Fire safety
Any device or structure that prevents environmental contamination when the primary container or its appurtenances fail. Secondary containment shall be designed and constructed to intercept and contain pesticide spills and leaks and to prevent runoff or leaching of pesticides into the environment. Examples of secondary containment include dikes, curbing, and double-walled tanks.
Industry:Fire safety
Any device in which electrical energy is used to magnetically cause mechanical movement.
Industry:Fire safety
Any device for water rescue that can be extended to a person in the water so that he or she can grasp it and be pulled to safety without physically contacting the rescuer.
Industry:Fire safety
Any device designed to separate the conveying gas stream from the solid being conveyed.
Industry:Fire safety
Any device containing pyrotechnic materials and capable of producing a special effect as defined in this code.
Industry:Fire safety
Any device containing an initiating or primary explosive that is used for initiating detonation.
Industry:Fire safety
Any device capable of providing audible, visible, or olfactory indication.
Industry:Fire safety
Any device as defined under rocket motor that utilizes a propellant charge consisting primarily of an inorganic oxidizer dispersed in a carbonaceous polymeric binder.
Industry:Fire safety
