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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.
Software that defines the specific operation and configuration of a particular system. Typically, it defines the type and quantity of hardware modules, customized labels, and specific operating features of a system.
Industry:Fire safety
So constructed or treated that it will not support flame.
Industry:Fire safety
Soft wooden half round dowels that are assembled to a surface in parallel runs of opposite polarity.
Industry:Fire safety
Smoke-control systems and components that share components with some other system(s), such as the building HVAC system, and upon activation cause the HVAC system to change its mode of operation in order to achieve the smoke-control objectives.
Industry:Fire safety
Smoke-control systems and components that are installed for the sole purpose of providing smoke control, and upon activation these systems operate specifically to perform the smoke-control function.
Industry:Fire safety
lot
Smallest parcel of land considered as a unit.
Industry:Fire safety
Smoke obscuration described in terms of logarithmic ratio of initial light intensity to instantaneous light intensity.
Industry:Fire safety
Small pieces or splinters of wood by-products that can pass through a 0. 25 in. (6. 4 mm) screen.
Industry:Fire safety
Small percussion-sensitive explosive charges encased in a cap and used to ignite propellant powder.
Industry:Fire safety
Slanted or side seam opening pockets that open to the exterior, located at or near the front waist of a garment.
Industry:Fire safety