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National Fire Protection Association
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 tank that has an inner and outer wall with an interstitial space (annulus) between the walls and that has a means for monitoring the interstitial space for a leak.
Industry:Fire safety
A tank providing suction to a fire pump whose capacity is less than the fire protection demand (flow rate times flow duration).
Industry:Fire safety
A tank or vat in which electrochemical reactions are caused by applying electric energy for the purpose of refining or producing usable materials.
Industry:Fire safety
A tank or cylinder.
Industry:Fire safety
A tank installed in a recreational vehicle for the purpose of storing potable water.
Industry:Fire safety
A tank having a capacity of not more than 60 gal (227 L) that is listed for installation in the supply piping between a burner and its main fuel supply tank.
Industry:Fire safety
A tank containing solvent that is an integral part of the drycleaning machine or an integral part of the drycleaning process.
Industry:Fire safety
A tank containing fuel for an engine(s).
Industry:Fire safety
A systematic inquiry or examination.
Industry:Fire safety
A systematic array of one or more industrial machines that is not portable by hand and includes any associated material handling, manipulating, gauging, measuring, or inspection equipment.
Industry:Fire safety