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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.
Any detector, alarm, device, or material related to single-and multiple-station alarms or household fire alarm systems.
Industry:Fire safety
Any detector, alarm, device, or material related to single-and multiple-station alarms or household carbon monoxide detection systems.
Industry:Fire safety
Any deliberate electrical connection that can carry current between an appliance and a patient.
Industry:Fire safety
Any debris produced or expelled by the functioning of a pyrotechnic device that is capable of causing personal injury or unpredicted property damage.
Industry:Fire safety
Any current, including capacitively coupled current, not intended to be applied to a patient, that is conveyed from exposed conductive parts of an appliance to ground or to other accessible parts of an appliance.
Industry:Fire safety
Any current in excess of the rated current of equipment or the ampacity of a conductor. It may result from overload, short circuit, or ground fault.
Industry:Fire safety
Any cord or distribution assembly that is partly comprised of the neutral conductor, grounding conductor, and line voltage conductors connected from the output terminals of the power source to the first main overcurrent protection device.
Industry:Fire safety
Any contaminated object that can penetrate the skin including, but not limited to, needles, lancets, scalpels, broken glass, jagged metal, or other debris.
Industry:Fire safety
Any container in excess of a 56. 8 L (15 gal) capacity used for preheating tar, asphalt, pitch, or similar substances for waterproofing.
Industry:Fire safety
Any construction, alteration, repair, or shipbreaking that does not involve heat-, fire-, or spark-producing operations.
Industry:Fire safety