- 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 system that provides a record of each call, including automatic number identification (ANI), trunk number, and answering attendant number; and the time of seizure, answer, and disconnect/transfer.
Industry:Fire safety
A system that provides 21/2 in. (65 mm) hose connections to supply water for use by fire departments and those trained in handling heavy fire streams.
Industry:Fire safety
A system that provides 11/2 in. (40 mm) hose stations to supply water for use primarily by trained personnel or by the fire department during initial response.
Industry:Fire safety
A system that provides 11/2 in. (40 mm) hose stations to supply water for use by trained personnel and 21/2 in. (65 mm) hose connections to supply a larger volume of water for use by fire departments and those trained in handling heavy fire streams.
Industry:Fire safety
A system that is constructed in a manner that does not introduce foreign material into the agent being recovered and has a means of visually inspecting the recovered agent for contaminants.
Industry:Fire safety
A system that is capable of increasing air pressure from an air storage system or a compressor system.
Industry:Fire safety
A system having predetermined flow rates, nozzle pressures, and quantities of agent. These systems have the specific pipe size, maximum and minimum pipe lengths, flexible hose specifications, number of fittings, and number and types of nozzles prescribed by a testing laboratory. The hazards protected by these systems are specifically limited as to type and size by a testing laboratory based upon actual fire tests. Limitations on hazards that can be protected by these systems are contained in the manufacturer’s installation manual, which is referenced as part of the listing.
Industry:Fire safety
A system that defines the roles and responsibilities to be assumed by personnel and the operating procedures to be used in the management and direction of emergency operations; the system is also referred to as an incident command system (ICS).
Industry:Fire safety
A system that distributes flammable gas-air mixtures to two or more remote stations.
Industry:Fire safety
A system that creates, transmits, and displays a public alert message or sounds a signal, or both, that is intended to alert the public to situations that could result in loss of life, endanger their health, or destroy property.
Industry:Fire safety
