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National Fire Protection Association
Industry: Fire safety
Number of terms: 98780
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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.
One-way vent that releases exhaust to the outside environment and prevents entry of outside environment.
Industry:Fire safety
One-and two-family dwellings include buildings containing not more than two dwelling units in which each dwelling unit is occupied by members of a single family with not more than three outsiders, if any, accommodated in rented rooms.
Industry:Fire safety
That surface of the specimen subjected to the incident heat.
Industry:Fire safety
That water that is available from a well, driven into water-bearing subsurface strata (aquifer).
Industry:Fire safety
That which is already in existence on the date this edition of the Code goes into effect and is acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
Industry:Fire safety
That which is already in existence on the date this edition of the Code goes into effect.
Industry:Fire safety
That which is being lowered or raised by rope in a high-angle system.
Industry:Fire safety
That which was acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction prior to the date this edition of the Codewent into effect.
Industry:Fire safety
The abilities or behaviors of people before and during a fire.
Industry:Fire safety
The ability of a battery to sustain a minimum electrical load in the event of a charging system failure or a prolonged charging system deficit.
Industry:Fire safety