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National Fire Protection Association
Industry: Fire safety
Number of terms: 98780
Number of blossaries: 0
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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.
Acetylene at pressures exceeding a gauge pressure of 15 psi (103 kPa), but not exceeding a gauge pressure of 400 psi (2760 kPa).
Industry:Fire safety
Acetylene at gauge pressures exceeding 6. 9 kPa (1 psi) but not exceeding 103 kPa (15 psi).
Industry:Fire safety
Acetylene at a gauge pressure not exceeding 6. 9 kPa (1 psi).
Industry:Fire safety
Accessories intended for field installation into or attachment to existing masonry fireplaces. These include such items as heat exchangers, door assemblies, tubular grates, and blowers.
Industry:Fire safety
Acceptance criteria are the units and threshold values against which a fire risk assessment is judged.
Industry:Fire safety
Acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction.
Industry:Fire safety
Absorption of heat through application of water spray to structures or equipment exposed to a fire, to limit surface temperature to a level that will minimize damage and prevent failure.
Industry:Fire safety
Aboveground structure filled with sand or similar material into which mortars are positioned.
Industry:Fire safety
Abnormal wear, defects, cracks or fractures, warpage, and deviations from the original condition that would affect safe and correct operation.
Industry:Fire safety
Able to be located, reached, serviced, or removed without removing other components or parts of the apparatus and without the need to use special tools to open enclosures.
Industry:Fire safety