- 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.
A ceiling surface uninterrupted by continuous projections, such as solid joists, beams, or ducts, extending more than 100 mm (4 in. ) below the ceiling surface.
Industry:Fire safety
A ceiling in which the high point is at one side with the slope extending toward the opposite side.
Industry:Fire safety
A ceiling in which the ceiling slopes in two directions from the highest point. Curved or domed ceilings can be considered peaked with the slope figured as the slope of the chord from highest to lowest point.
Industry:Fire safety
A cathodic protection system that uses an external power source to induce a dc electric current through an electrode (anode) that suppresses galvanic corrosion of the craft’s hull.
Industry:Fire safety
A casting that can be riveted to the outside of the base rail over the ends of each rung on an aerial ladder.
Industry:Fire safety
A carved, leaded, or Dalle glass or glazing material whose purpose is decorative or artistic, not functional; whose coloring, texture, or other design qualities or components cannot be removed without destroying the glazing material; and whose surface, or assembly into which it is incorporated, is divided into segments.
Industry:Fire safety
A cartridge containing pyrotechnic composition, a burst charge, and an internal time fuse or module, that is propelled into the air from a mortar and that is intended to burst at or near apogee.
Industry:Fire safety
A carbon monoxide detection system in which components are used, in whole or in part, in common with a non-carbon monoxide signaling system, and in which components are not used as part of a fire alarm system.
Industry:Fire safety
A cancer-causing substance that is identified in one of several published lists, including, but not limited to, NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference, and the ACGIH 2007TLVs and BEIs.
Industry:Fire safety
