- 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.
The measurement, with the geometric standard deviation, used to describe the particle size distribution of any aerosol statistically, based on the weight and size of the particles.
Industry:Fire safety
The moisture barrier and thermal barrier components as used in a garment.
Industry:Fire safety
The point of control of the emergency ventilation system or ventilation plant that is remote from the central supervising station.
Industry:Fire safety
The number of minutes for which a new, fully charged battery at 80°F (26. 7°C) can be continuously discharged at 25 amperes while maintaining a voltage of 1. 75 volts per cell or higher (10. 5 volts for a 12-volt battery or 5. 25 volts for a 6-volt battery).
Industry:Fire safety
The portion of the boiler or HRSG enclosure into which the fuel is fed, ignited, and burned.
Industry:Fire safety
The nominal size of the first fire hose connection from the pump on an intake.
Industry:Fire safety
The minimum temperature of a liquid at which sufficient vapor is given off to form an ignitible mixture with the air, near the surface of the liquid or within the vessel used, as determined by the appropriate test procedure and apparatus specified in 1. 7. 4 of NFPA 30.
Industry:Fire safety
The noncommercial burning of materials other than rubbish for pleasure, religious, ceremonial, cooking, or similar purposes in which the fuel burned is not contained in an incinerator, a barbecue grill, or a barbecue pit, and the total fuel area is not exceeding 3 ft (0. 9 m) in diameter and 2 ft (0. 6 m) in height.
Industry:Fire safety
The measures taken to protectthe exposedso as to satisfy a specified objective.
Industry:Fire safety
