- 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.
To determine the condition or operation of a component(s) by comparing its physical, mechanical, and/or electrical characteristics with established standards, recommendations, and requirements through examination by sight, sound, or feel.
Industry:Fire safety
Where provided, that portion of the source equipment that automatically supplies the system when the primary supply becomes exhausted.
Industry:Fire safety
Where this standard specifies that one equipment shall be “in sight from,” “within sight from,” or “within sight,” and so forth, of another equipment, the specified equipment is to be visible and not more than 15 m (50 ft) distant from the other.
Industry:Fire safety
Those members of the flight deck crew whose responsibility includes the management of activities within the passenger cabin.
Industry:Fire safety
Written documentation of the tests, special inspections, and observations to be performed in the quality assurance program.
Industry:Fire safety
The surrounding and effective capture of a person by a fluid (e.g., liquid, finely divided particulate) substance that can be aspirated to cause death by filling or plugging the respiratory system or that can exert enough force on the body to cause death by strangulation, constriction, or crushing.
Industry:Fire safety
Units that must be connected by a signal channel to complete a system or perform an operation.
Industry:Fire safety
To send out emergency response resources promptly to an address or incident location for a specific purpose.
Industry:Fire safety
The time in minutes that it takes for 25 percent of the total liquid contained in the foam sample to drain from the foam.
Industry:Fire safety
