- Industry: Fire safety
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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.
The ratio between the amount of water vapor in the gas at the time of measurement and the amount of water vapor that could be in the gas when condensation begins, at a given temperature.
Industry:Fire safety
The road or other means developed to allow access and operational setup for fire-fighting and rescue apparatus.
Industry:Fire safety
The service provided by a runner at the protected premises, including restoration, resetting, and silencing of all equipment transmitting fire alarm or supervisory or trouble signals to an off-premises location.
Industry:Fire safety
The rescue team designated for confined space rescue by the AHJ.
Industry:Fire safety
The nominal size of the first fire hose connection from the pump on a discharge.
Industry:Fire safety
The ratio of the minimum current required from an inductive spark discharge to ignite the most easily ignitible mixture of a gas or vapor, divided by the minimum current required from an inductive spark discharge to ignite methane under the same test conditions.
Industry:Fire safety
The principle of using a light source and a photosensitive sensor onto which the principal portion of the source emissions is focused. When smoke particles enter the light path, some of the light is scattered and some is absorbed, thereby reducing the light reaching the receiving sensor. The light reduction signal is processed and used to convey an alarm condition when it meets preset criteria.
Industry:Fire safety
The single person with overall responsibility for flame effect operations and safety.
Industry:Fire safety
The pressure, in absolute units, exerted by a particular gas in a gas mixture.
Industry:Fire safety
