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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.
The midpoint between the right and left sides of a recreational vehicle.
Industry:Fire safety
The one company contractually responsible for providing central station services to a subscriber as required by this Code. The prime contractor can be either a listed central station or a listed fire alarm service-local company.
Industry:Fire safety
The measure of the steepest ramp that a fully loaded vehicle can approach.
Industry:Fire safety
The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and metal enclosures for conductors shall (1) be permanent and electrically continuous, (2) have capacity to conduct safely any fault current likely to be imposed on it, and (3) have sufficiently low impedance to limit the voltage to ground and to facilitate the operation of the circuit protection devices. The earth should not be used as the sole equipment-grounding conductor.
Industry:Fire safety
The physical boundary for all boiler pressure parts and for the combustion process.
Industry:Fire safety
The pipe, tubing, or hose on a vehicle, including all related fittings, through which natural gas or hydrogen passes.
Industry:Fire safety
The parts of a comprehensive plan to treat an individual in need of emergency medical care following an illness or injury.
Industry:Fire safety
The measurement of the vertical movement relationship of the wheel and suspension travel.
Industry:Fire safety
The point on the engine at which the negative battery cable is connected.
Industry:Fire safety
The minimum energy that colliding fuel and oxygen molecules must possess to permit chemical interaction.
Industry:Fire safety