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National Fire Protection Association
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 single station carbon monoxide alarm capable of being interconnected to one or more additional alarms so that the actuation of one causes the appropriate alarm signal to operate in all interconnected alarms.
Industry:Fire safety
A single ranked pile of logs with individual logs of regular or irregular length usually 20 ft to 50 ft (6. 1 m to 15. 2 m) long, but greater than 8 ft (2. 4 m) long.
Industry:Fire safety
A single pipe or system of pipes or conduits that carries wastewater or drainage water.
Industry:Fire safety
A single pellet of pyrotechnic composition that is ignited and simultaneously propelled into the air from a mortar or tube; a comet is self-consuming as it rises into the air and can be designed to split apart.
Industry:Fire safety
A single panel or group of panel units designed for assembly in the form of a single panel, including buses, and with or without switches and/or automatic overcurrent protective devices for the control of light, heat, or power circuits of small individual as well as aggregate capacity; designed to be placed in a cabinet or cutout box placed in or against a wall or partition and accessible only from the front.
Industry:Fire safety
A single panel or group of panel units designed for assembly in the form of a single panel, including buses and automatic overcurrent devices, and equipped with or without switches for the control of light, heat, or power circuits; designed to be placed in a cabinet or cutout box placed in or against a wall, partition, or other support; and accessible only from the front.
Industry:Fire safety
A single or multiple station alarm responsive to smoke.
Industry:Fire safety
A single or multiple station alarm responsive to heat.
Industry:Fire safety
A single opening that has no intervening wall space or door trim separating the two doors.
Industry:Fire safety
A single ladder equipped with hooks at the top end of the ladder.
Industry:Fire safety