- 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.
An interlock that in the failure mode does not defeat the purpose of the interlock, for example, an interlock that is positively driven into the off position as soon as a hinged cover begins to open, or before a detachable cover is removed, and that is positively held in the off position until the hinged cover is closed or the detachable cover is locked in the closed position.
Industry:Fire safety
An interior stair-ladder used to travel from deck to deck, usually enclosed.
Industry:Fire safety
An interface element of the certified CBRN technical rescue protective ensemble that provides protection to the coat/helmet/respirator facepiece area.
Industry:Fire safety
An interface component of the protective helmet element that provides limited protection to the helmet/coat interface area.
Industry:Fire safety
An interface component of the protective glove element that provides limited protection to the coat/glove interface area.
Industry:Fire safety
An interface between the operator and the machine, where a color video display and either a touch screen or touch pad or keyboard or mouse are used to initiate machine action by the selection of on-screen icons.
Industry:Fire safety
An interconnected combination of equipment that provides a means of adjusting the speed of a mechanical load coupled to a motor. A drive system typically consists of an adjustable speed drive and auxiliary electrical apparatus.
Industry:Fire safety
An intentionally constructed, low-impedance electrically conductive path designed and intended to carry current under ground-fault conditions from the point of a ground fault on a wiring system to the electrical supply source and that facilitates the operation of the overcurrent protective device or ground-fault detectors on high-impedance grounded systems.
Industry:Fire safety
An integrated system that includes a building(s), a structure(s), space, and services used to test aircraft engines within a test cell or on a test stand.
Industry:Fire safety
An integrated system of building(s), structure(s), space, and services used to test aircraft engines contained within a test cell or on a test stand.
Industry:Fire safety
