- 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.
A device that requires a positive continuing action of a person to allow the flow of fuel.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that responds to abnormal conditions that could affect the proper operation of an automatic sprinkler system or other fire extinguishing system(s) or suppression system(s), including, but not limited to, control valves, pressure levels, liquid agent levels and temperatures, pump power and running, engine temperature and overspeed, and room temperature.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that responds when its operating element becomes heated to a predetermined level.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that responds when the temperature of the air surrounding the device reaches a predetermined level, regardless of the rate of temperature rise.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that responds when the temperature rises at a rate exceeding a predetermined value.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that senses changes in temperature and controls electrically, by means of separate components, the flow of gas to the burner(s) to maintain selected temperatures.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that senses the presence or absence of flame and provides a usable signal.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that shuts off the flow of LP-Gas vapor when the outlet pressure of the regulator reaches a predetermined maximum allowable pressure.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that splits a single stream of pulverized coal and primary air into two or more streams.
Industry:Fire safety
