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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.
Interaction of materials in a manner that leads to deterioration.
Industry:Fire safety
Intentionally connected to earth through a ground connection or connections of sufficiently low impedance and having sufficient current-carrying capacity to prevent the buildup of voltages that may result in undue hazards to connected equipment or to persons.
Industry:Fire safety
As applied to equipment or structures. Intentionally connected to earth (or some conducting body in place of earth) through a ground connection or connections of sufficiently low impedance and having sufficient current-carrying capacity to prevent the buildup of voltages that might result in undue hazards to connected equipment or to persons.
Industry:Fire safety
Intentional grounding of one or both ends of the shield of a cable.
Industry:Fire safety
Intended for or limited to the use of some particular person(s) or group.
Industry:Fire safety
Insulated cover to shroud the terminals and intercell connectors from inadvertent contact by personnel or accidental short circuiting.
Industry:Fire safety
Insufficiency of oxygen to support combustion.
Industry:Fire safety
Instruments and devices used to identify and quantify contaminants.
Industry:Fire safety
Instructions provided by the manufacturer that accompany each manufactured home and detail the manufacturer’s requirements for ground support, anchoring systems, and other work completed on site.
Industry:Fire safety
Installed supply circuits and interconnecting cables that are not terminated at equipment and not identified for future use with a tag.
Industry:Fire safety