- Industry: Fire safety
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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.
In a fluidized bed boiler, a burner whose primary purpose is load carrying, located over the bed and having its own air supply.
Industry:Fire safety
In a chain grate stoker, the hinged plate resting against the returning chain and used to seal the air compartments.
Industry:Fire safety
Impedance is the ratio of the voltage drop across a circuit element to the current flowing through the same circuit element. The unit of impedance is the ohm.
Industry:Fire safety
Immediate self-rescue of a single fire or emergency services person from a life-threatening emergency situation, generally above ground, using system components or manufactured systems designed for self-rescue escape.
Industry:Fire safety
Immediate and ongoing activities, tasks, programs, and systems to manage the effects of an incident that threatens life, property, operations, or the environment.
Industry:Fire safety
Ignition resulting from self-heating, synonymous with spontaneous ignition.
Industry:Fire safety
Ignition of gas at the burner(s) when the gas controlling device is turned on, including re-ignition if the flames on the burner(s) have been extinguished by means other than by the closing of the gas controlling device.
Industry:Fire safety
Identify the presence of fire without reliance on human observation.
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Identify the presence of fire either by human observation or by automatic mechanism(s).
Industry:Fire safety
Identification and analysis of exposure to hazards, selection of appropriate techniques to control exposures, implementation of chosen techniques, and monitoring of results to ensure the health and safety of members.
Industry:Fire safety
