- Industry: Fire safety
- Number of terms: 98780
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
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 automatic oil control valve of the “on” and “off” type (without any bypass to the burner) that is actuated by a safety control or by an emergency device.
Industry:Fire safety
An assembly room designed to accommodate temporarily any of several possible assembly uses.
Industry:Fire safety
An area where mining of coal is taking place or area where construction is underway.
Industry:Fire safety
An area used for storage of Class II and Class III combustible liquids where the aggregate quantity present is from 227 L to 3785 L (60 gal to 1000 gal). Handling of liquids incidental to transfer can take place within a storage area.
Industry:Fire safety
An assembly (e.g., wall, floor, or roof) that has been tested using standard test methods and has received at least a 1-hour fire resistance rating.
Industry:Fire safety
An arrangement of devices, including isolation devices, applied with specific techniques, that collectively serve to isolate a victim of a trench or excavation emergency from the surrounding product (e.g., soil, gravel, sand).
Industry:Fire safety
An area with no persons present; contents or equipment present indicates that the structure is not vacant.
Industry:Fire safety
An area within a semiconductor fabrication facility and related research and development areas in which there are processes using hazardous production materials.
Industry:Fire safety
An automatic device designed to detect the presence of fire and initiate action.
Industry:Fire safety
