- 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 operating fluid used in diffusion pumps or in liquid-sealed mechanical pumps (sometimes called workingmedium,workingfluid, or pumpoil).
Industry:Fire safety
The physical process of immediately reducing contamination of individuals in potentially life-threatening situations with or without the formal establishment of a decontamination corridor.
Industry:Fire safety
The passage(s) in a chimney for conveying the flue or vent gases to the outdoors.
Industry:Fire safety
The point of connection between the facilities of the serving utility and the premises wiring.
Industry:Fire safety
The opening in the atmospheric side of the regulator housing permitting the in and out movement of air to compensate for the movement of the regulator diaphragm.
Industry:Fire safety
The nature and extent of rehabilitation work undertaken in an existing building.
Industry:Fire safety
The movement of a material through a suit’s closures, such as zippers, buttonholes, seams, flaps, or other design features of chemical-protective clothing, and through punctures, cuts, and tears.
Industry:Fire safety
The nonlaboratory assessment of an ensemble, ensemble element, or item.
Industry:Fire safety
The opening or openings in a cooking device where vapors, combustion gases, or both leave the cooking device.
Industry:Fire safety
The portion of a consumer fireworks retail sales facility or store, including the immediately adjacent aisles, where consumer fireworks are located for the purpose of retail display and sale to the public.
Industry:Fire safety
