- Industry: Fire safety
- Number of terms: 98780
- Number of blossaries: 0
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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.
Facilities or buildings in which the primary product is powder.
Industry:Fire safety
Fabricated prior to erection or installation on or in a building or on a foundation.
Industry:Fire safety
Extremely short-wavelength, high energy penetrating rays of alpha, beta, gamma and x-rays emitted from radioactive elements and isotopes (radionuclides).
Industry:Fire safety
Extraordinarily specialized fire fighting operations that can include the activities of rescue, fire suppression, and property conservation at incidents involving fires producing extreme levels of radiant, conductive, and convective heat.
Industry:Fire safety
Extra (high) hazard occupancies shall be classified as locations where the quantity and combustibility of Class A combustible material is high or where high amounts of Class B flammables are present and rapidly developing fires with high rates of heat release are expected. These occupancies consist of fire hazards involved with the storage, packaging, handling, or manufacture of Class A combustibles and/or the total quantity of Class B flammables expected to be present in more than 5 gal (18. 9 L) in any room or area.
Industry:Fire safety
Extinguishing application density, including a safety factor, required for system design purposes.
Industry:Fire safety
Extinguisher retention device designed to mount and secure a specific extinguisher model onto various surfaces by incorporating releasable straps or bands to secure the fire extinguisher.
Industry:Fire safety
Extinguisher mounting device designed for mounting a specific extinguisher model onto stationary vertical surfaces.
Industry:Fire safety
Explosive materials that can be caused to deflagrate when confined (e.g., Black Powder, safety fuses, igniters, igniter cords, fuse lighters, and display fireworks defined as low explosives by U. S. Department of Transportation regulations in 49 CFR 173 except for bulk salutes).
Industry:Fire safety
