- Industry: Fire safety
- Number of terms: 98780
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Of, pertaining to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole; open to all persons.
Industry:Fire safety
Occurring or recurring at regular intervals, as determined by the individual organization (e.g., weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannually, yearly).
Industry:Fire safety
Occupancies, as specified in the scope of this standard, that include the following, as defined in NFPA 101, Life Safety Code: (1) apartment buildings, (2) lodging and rooming houses, (3) board and care facilities, and (4) hotels, motels, and dormitories.
Industry:Fire safety
Occupancies or portions of other occupancies where the quantity and/or combustibility of contents is low and fires with relatively low rates of heat release are expected.
Industry:Fire safety
Nozzles that operate independently of other nozzles by means of a detection/activation device built into the nozzle.
Industry:Fire safety
Nozzles that operate as an entire system or grouping of nozzles, containing open orifices and activating the water flow to the nozzles by an independent detection system.
Industry:Fire safety
Nozzles capable of operation using both automatic and nonautomatic means.
Industry:Fire safety
Notification of an alarm condition when no evidence of the event that the alarm signal was designed to report is found.
Industry:Fire safety
Not readily accessible to persons unless special means for access are used.
Industry:Fire safety
