- 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 fuse or designed point of ignition that is protected against accidental ignition by contact with a spark, smoldering items, or small open flame.
Industry:Fire safety
A garment or clothing that is not designed nor intended to be the barrier of protection from a specific hazard exposure.
Industry:Fire safety
A garment that is designed to be used one time and then disposed of.
Industry:Fire safety
A garment that is designed, certified, and intended to be the barrier of protection from a specific hazard exposure.
Industry:Fire safety
A garment whose service life is limited by the manufacturer to a specified number of wear cycles and does not meet the testing requirements of this standard.
Industry:Fire safety
A gas detection system where the instrument is maintained in continuous operation and the interval between sampling of any point does not exceed 30 minutes.
Industry:Fire safety
A gas detector used to detect the presence of flammable vapors and gases and to warn when concentrations in air approach the explosive range.
Industry:Fire safety
A gas having a moisture and hydrocarbon dew point below any normal temperature to which the gas piping is exposed.
Industry:Fire safety
A gas or liquid component of a special atmosphere that represents a sufficient portion of the special atmosphere gas volume in the furnace so that, if the flow of the gas or liquid component ceases, the total flow of the special atmosphere in the furnace is not sufficient to maintain a positive pressure in the furnace.
Industry:Fire safety
