- 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.
The maximum distance measured from the surface of a test table to the underside of the hose that a length of hose lifts off that table when it is pressurized at its proof test pressure.
Industry:Fire safety
The interval of time during burner start-up in which air is introduced into the combustion chamber and the associated flue passages in such volume and manner as to completely replace the air or fuel-air mixture contained therein prior to initiating ignition.
Industry:Fire safety
The maximum resistance to rupture of the junction formed by stitching together two or more planar structures, such as textile fabrics.
Industry:Fire safety
The maximum pressure at which a piping system may be operated in accordance with the provisions of this code.
Industry:Fire safety
The major disassembly, inspection, repair, and reassembly of aircraft.
Industry:Fire safety
The manual addition of foam concentrate to a water storage container or tank to make foam solution.
Industry:Fire safety
The manually operated valve that isolates the balance of the gas train and the prime mover from the gas supply.
Industry:Fire safety
The maximum pressure developed in a contained deflagration of an optimum mixture.
Industry:Fire safety
The location on the burner where ignition and combustion of the main burner fuel occurs.
Industry:Fire safety
The manner in which a fire reacts to the variables of fuels, weather, and topography.
Industry:Fire safety
