- 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 semiliquid mass of accumulated settled solids deposited from raw or treated wastewater in tanks or basins; also referred to as biosolids.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-testing method that provides positive confirmation that the desired result (e.g., airflow or damper position) has been achieved when a controlled device has been activated, such as during smoke control, testing, or manual override operations.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-supporting, turntable-mounted, power-operated ladder of two or more sections permanently attached to a self-propelled automotive fire apparatus and designed to provide a continuous egress route from an elevated position to the ground.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-supporting, turntable-mounted device consisting of a personnel-carrying platform attached to the uppermost boom of a series of power-operated booms that articulate, telescope, or both and that are sometimes arranged to provide the continuous egress capabilities of an aerial ladder.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-contained, recirculating toilet in which the waste is chemically treated.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-contained, freestanding, fuel gas burning appliance designed for installation only in a vented fireplace and whose primary function lies in the aesthetic effect of the flame.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-contained, freestanding, above-the-floor, indirect-fired appliance equipped with one or more oil burners.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-contained, automatically controlled, vented, fuel gas burning appliance, intended for installation in the space to be heated without the use of ducts, having integral means for circulation of air, normally by a propeller fan(s), and may be equipped with louvers or face extensions made in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-contained, automatically controlled, vented appliance having integral means for circulation of air against 0. 2 in. (15 mm) H2O or greater static pressure.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-contained unit that includes an auxiliary engine-driven pump, piping, a tank, and hose storage that is designed to be placed on a truck chassis, utility bed, flatbed, or trailer of sufficient carrying capacity.
Industry:Fire safety
