- 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.
Any combination of a door, frame, hardware, and other accessories that is placed in an opening in a wall that is intended primarily for access or for human entrance or exit.
Industry:Fire safety
Any combination of a door, frame, hardware, and any other accessories that together restrict smoke movement through door openings by limiting the amount of air that can pass through the assembly.
Industry:Fire safety
Any column, girder, beam, joist, truss, rafter, wall, floor, or roof sheathing that supports any vertical load in addition to its own weight, or any lateral load.
Industry:Fire safety
Any close-grained wood such as oak, maple, ash, or hickory that is free from loose knots, wind shakes, or similar defects.
Industry:Fire safety
Any closed vessel having a liquid capacity not exceeding 3000 L (793 gal) and intended for storing and transporting liquids, as defined in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 100 through 199 or in Part 6 of the United Nations RecommendationsontheTransportofDangerousGoods.
Industry:Fire safety
Any chemical or mixture of chemicals intentionally introduced into the system.
Industry:Fire safety
Any chemical compound, mixture, or device that functions by explosion.
Industry:Fire safety
Any chemical compound or mixture, the primary purpose of which is to function by explosion, producing an audible effect (report) in a fireworks device.
Industry:Fire safety
Any building, building component, assembly, or system manufactured in such a manner that all concealed parts of processes of manufacture cannot be inspected before installation at the building site without disassembly, damage, or destruction.
Industry:Fire safety
Any building used primarily for mixing and blending of propellant, delay, or ejection compositions.
Industry:Fire safety
