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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.
Metals that are close to each other in the galvanic series.
Industry:Fire safety
Members of the aircraft crew whose responsibilities include the operation and management of the aircraft flight controls, engine(s), and systems, including, but not limited to, pilot in command (captain), first officer (co-pilot), second officer (flight engineer).
Industry:Fire safety
Medical services (equipment) provided in residential occupancies.
Industry:Fire safety
Mechanical, electrical, or pneumatic devices involved in the operation of a system.
Industry:Fire safety
Mechanical elements suitable for joining or assembly into pressure-tight fluid-containing piping systems. Components include pipe, tubing, fittings, flanges, gaskets, bolting, valves, and devices such as expansion joints, flexible joints, pressure hoses, traps, strainers, in-line portions of instruments, and separators.
Industry:Fire safety
Measures directed toward avoiding the inception of fire.
Industry:Fire safety
Measurement of upper torso garment from folded edge to folded edge, at base of armholes, and multiplied by 2 to obtain circumference.
Industry:Fire safety
Measurement of upper or lower torso garment along bottom edge of the garment from folded edge to folded edge, and multiplied by 2 to obtain circumference.
Industry:Fire safety
Measurement of torso garment cuff along bottom of opening from folded edge to folded edge, and multiplied by 2 to obtain circumference.
Industry:Fire safety
Means of converting the system from automatic to manual actuation.
Industry:Fire safety