- 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 device that detects radiant energy, such as ultraviolet, visible, or infrared, that is emitted as a product of combustion reaction and obeys the laws of optics.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that senses visible or invisible particles of combustion.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that either responds to more than one of the fire phenomena or employs more than one operating principle to sense one of these phenomena. Typical examples are a combination of a heat detector with a smoke detector or a combination rate-of-rise and fixed-temperature heat detector. This device has listings for each sensing method employed.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that establishes a connection between two or more conductors or between one or more conductors and a terminal by means of mechanical pressure and without the use of solder.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that feeds glass fiber roving through a cutting unit and injects the cut glass fibers into a stream of catalyzed liquid resin that is then sprayed onto a surface.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that fits over the mouth and nose and seals against the face for administering a breathing gas different from the chamber atmosphere.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that functions to maintain a desired draft in the appliance by automatically reducing the draft to the desired value.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that incorporates a venturi to draw foam concentrate through a short length of pipe and/or flexible tubing connected to the foam supply.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that incorporates two flexible joints and a telescoping element.
Industry:Fire safety
