- 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, either adjustable or nonadjustable, for controlling and maintaining, within acceptable limits, a uniform outlet pressure.
Industry:Fire safety
A device, or group of devices, or other means by which the conductors of a circuit can be disconnected from their source of supply.
Industry:Fire safety
A device, material, or system that provides a specified level of safety to achieve a desired outcome.
Industry:Fire safety
A device, operated by direct manpower or electrical remote manual control, for transferring one or more load conductor connections from one power source to another.
Industry:Fire safety
A device, permanently mounted with a power-operated boom or booms, designed to supply a large-capacity, mobile, elevatable water stream or other fire-extinguishing agents, or both.
Industry:Fire safety
A device, such as a fuse or circuit breaker, designed to interrupt the circuit when the current flow exceeds a predetermined value.
Industry:Fire safety
A device, such as a photoelectric cell, that receives and responds to stimulus.
Industry:Fire safety
A device, without its own air supply, that provides fuel input directly into a fluidized bed.
Industry:Fire safety
A diagnostic or treatment complex under a single management comprising a number of single treatment facilities, which can be accessed one from the other without exiting the facility (i.e., does not involve widely separated locations or separate distinct practices).
Industry:Fire safety
A diagnostic or treatment complex under a single management comprising a number of use points, but confined to a single contiguous group of use points (i.e., does not involve widely separated locations or separate distinct practices).
Industry:Fire safety
