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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.
X-ray equipment mounted on a permanent base with wheels and/or casters for moving while completely assembled.
Industry:Fire safety
Those codes and standards that are legally adopted and enforced by a jurisdiction at the time of construction of an occupancy or installation of a system or of equipment. These applicable codes and standards can include ordinances, statutes, regulations, or other legal documents adopted by the jurisdiction.
Industry:Fire safety
The temperature below which sulfuric acid in the combustion products will condense on exposed surfaces.
Industry:Fire safety
The technique of specifying the design pressure of a vessel and its appurtenances so they are capable of withstanding the maximum pressures resulting from an internal deflagration.
Industry:Fire safety
Two or more single station alarm devices that can be interconnected so that actuation of one causes all integral or separate audible alarms to operate; or one single station alarm device having connections to other detectors or to a manual fire alarm box.
Industry:Fire safety
Those portions of a development that have been populated to planned capacity with structures.
Industry:Fire safety
Wire rope or other fireproof materials of sufficient strength to tow the vessel in the event of fire.
Industry:Fire safety
Title for subordinates of the Command Staff positions.
Industry:Fire safety
Those voltages or currents whose frequencies are integer multiples of the fundamental frequency.
Industry:Fire safety
To adjust components to bring about optimum or desired performance.
Industry:Fire safety