- Industry: Fire safety
- Number of terms: 98780
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A vaporizer in which heat furnished by a flame is directly applied to some form of heat exchange surface in contact with the liquid LP-Gas to be vaporized. This classification includes submerged-combustion vaporizers.
Industry:Fire safety
A valved connection on a water supply system having one or more outlets and that is used to supply hose and fire department pumpers with water.
Industry:Fire safety
A valved connection on a water supply system having one or more outlets and that is used to supply hose and fire department pumpers with water.
Industry:Fire safety
A valved connection on a water supply system having one or more outlets and that is used to supply hose and fire department pumpers with water on private property. Where connected to a public water system, the private hydrants are supplied by a private service main that begins at the point of service designated by the AHJ, usually at a manually operated valve near the property line.
Industry:Fire safety
A valve, usually a needle valve, that precisely controls flow of gas.
Industry:Fire safety
A valve, not necessarily dusttight, used to inhibit hot gases from traveling back into any system component open for inspection or maintenance.
Industry:Fire safety
A valve, installed by the serving gas supplier between the service meter or source of supply and the customer piping system, to shut off the entire piping system.
Industry:Fire safety
A valve whose primary function is to operate in either a fully shutoff or a fully open condition.
Industry:Fire safety
A valve used to cool a pump by discharging a small quantity of water, this valve is separate from and independent of the main relief valve.
Industry:Fire safety
