- 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.
A measure of the ease by which a cloud of combustible dust could be ignited.
Industry:Fire safety
A measurement of the angle used in road design and expressed as a percentage of elevation change over distance.
Industry:Fire safety
A mechanical device for introducing steam, air, or water to clean heat-absorbing surfaces.
Industry:Fire safety
A mechanical device in which centrifugal force is used to separate solids from liquids or to separate liquids of different densities.
Industry:Fire safety
A mechanical device that transfers or raises, or transfers and raises, the pressure of a fluid (water).
Industry:Fire safety
A mechanical device, similar to a large fan, that can be used to force heat, smoke, and gases from a post-fire environment and draw in fresh air.
Industry:Fire safety
A mechanical device, such as a rivet, bolt, screw, or pin, that is used to hold two or more components together securely.
Industry:Fire safety
A mechanical means applied to a nearly horizontal venting system to remove combustion products without benefit of a chimney or significant natural draft.
Industry:Fire safety
