- 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.
Devices that provide supplemental flotation for persons in the water but do not meet U. S. Coast Guard performance criteria such as breaking strength of the thread used in sewing the device, the usable life of the flotation materials including compressibility factors, the colors and fading potential of certain dyes used in the fabrication of the device, and the strength and breaking force required for buckles and tie straps.
Industry:Fire safety
Devices that operate simultaneously with the extinguishing system to shut off fuel and power to appliances protected by the system and other appliances required to be shut off upon operation of the system.
Industry:Fire safety
Devices that include fixed temperature releases, rate-of-temperature-rise releases, and door closers with hold-open arms embodying a fusible link.
Industry:Fire safety
Devices that detect a phenomenon other than heat, smoke, flame, or gases produced by a fire.
Industry:Fire safety
Devices that are designed to protect the respiratory system against exposure to gases, vapors, or particulates.
Industry:Fire safety
Devices that are designed to protect the respiratory system against exposure to gases, vapors, or particulates.
Industry:Fire safety
Devices specially designed to aspirate and mix air into the foam solution to generate foam, followed by foam discharge in a specific design pattern.
Industry:Fire safety
Devices or equipment that, because of their modes of use or operation, are capable of providing sufficient thermal energy to ignite flammable LP-Gas vapor-air mixtures when introduced into such a mixture or when such a mixture comes into contact with them, and that will permit propagation of flame away from them.
Industry:Fire safety
Devices connected to container openings for safety, control, or operating purposes.
Industry:Fire safety
Devices designed to regulate the gas, air, water, or electrical supply to an appliance. These may be manual or automatic.
Industry:Fire safety
