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National Fire Protection Association
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.
A constant discharge rate spray nozzle with a feature that allows manual adjustment of the orifice to effect a predetermined discharge rate while the nozzle is flowing.
Industry:Fire safety
A constant flow of purging medium at velocity sufficient to achieve a purge.
Industry:Fire safety
A constituent part of a mechanical or electrical device.
Industry:Fire safety
A constricting appliance attached to the end of a fire hose or monitor to increase the water velocity and form a stream.
Industry:Fire safety
A construction consisting of a combination of two separately woven reinforcements (double jacket) or two or more reinforcements interwoven.
Industry:Fire safety
A construction consisting of one woven jacket.
Industry:Fire safety
A construction containing one or more flues that does not meet the criteria defined for heavy-duty stack.
Industry:Fire safety
A consumer fireworks device or group of consumer fireworks devices that has been packaged within an unperforated container or packaging material by the manufacturer, distributor, or seller for retail display and sale as a unit.
Industry:Fire safety
A container as defined in 3. 3. 10, constructed of glass, plastic, fiber, or a material other than metal.
Industry:Fire safety
A container as herein defined, so sealed by means of a lid or other device that neither liquid nor vapor will escape from it at ordinary temperatures.
Industry:Fire safety