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National Fire Protection Association
Industry: Fire safety
Number of terms: 98780
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
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 ventilated, partially enclosed cabinet primarily intended to provide filtered airflow over the work surface by use of laminar airflow methods.
Industry:Fire safety
A ventilated enclosure designed to contain and exhaust fumes, gases, vapors, mists, and particulate matter generated within the hood interior.
Industry:Fire safety
A ventilated cabinet for personnel, product and environmental protection having an open front with inward airflow for personnel protection, downward HEPA filtered laminar airflow for product protection, and HEPA filtered exhausted air for environmental protection.
Industry:Fire safety
A vent to relieve explosion pressures resulting from ignition of a mixture of decomposition gases and air.
Industry:Fire safety
A vent to permit the escape of gases resulting from partial burning or decomposition of nitrate film.
Industry:Fire safety
A vent connecting at the junction of fixture drains and serving as a vent for more than one fixture.
Industry:Fire safety
A vehicular-type unit primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use that either has its own motive power or is mounted on or towed by another vehicle.
Industry:Fire safety
A vehicle that is built on a single chassis, 400 ft2 (37 m2) or less when measured at the largest horizontal projection, designed to be self-propelled or permanently towable by a light-duty truck, and designed primarily not for use as a permanent dwelling but as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, travel, or seasonal use.
Industry:Fire safety
A vehicular unit, mounted on wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, of such size or weight as not to require special highway movement permit(s), of gross trailer area not to exceed 400 ft2 (37. 2 m2) in the setup mode, and designed to be towed by a motorized vehicle that contains a towing mechanism that is mounted above or forward of the tow vehicle’s rear axle.
Industry:Fire safety
A vehicular portable unit mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial side walls that fold for towing by another vehicle and unfold at the campsite to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use.
Industry:Fire safety