- 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.
(1) A type of rim lock in which metal bars slide out from a central point on the door and into receivers on both sides of the door frame. (2) A metal rod or tube that slides through fittings affixed to the front of a file cabinet, bent at the top and secured with a combination lock, which holds the drawers closed.
Industry:Fire safety
(1) A long pole extending upward at an angle from the mast of a derrick to support or guide objects lifted or suspended. (2) A floating barrier used to confine materials upon the surface of the water (e.g., oil).
Industry:Fire safety
(1) A chemical action involving the molecular breakdown of a protective clothing material or equipment due to contact with a chemical. (2) The molecular breakdown of the spilled or released material to render it less hazardous during control operations.
Industry:Fire safety
An alternative means of providing an equal or greater degree of fire safety than that afforded by strict conformance to prescribed codes and standards.
Industry:Fire safety
(1) A bed or bunk space on a ship. (2) A space at a wharf for docking a ship.
Industry:Fire safety
(1) (as applied to livestock) An area accessible to livestock where a wire mesh or other conductive elements are embedded in concrete, are bonded to all metal structures and fixed nonelectrical metal equipment that might become energized, and are connected to the electrical grounding system to prevent a difference in voltage from developing within the plane. (2) (as applied to equipment) A mass or masses of conducting material that, when bonded together, provide a uniformly low impedance to current flow over a large range of frequencies. Sometimes the equipotential plane is confused with counterpoise.
Industry:Fire safety
A consolidated arrangement of valves, regulators, gauges, and air system piping at a location that allows the operator to monitor and control the airflow and pressure within the air system from a centralized location.
Industry:Fire safety
A complete, environmentally protected unit consisting of solar cells, optics, inverter, and other components, exclusive of tracker, designed to generate ac power when exposed to sunlight.
Industry:Fire safety
A connector designed to join Type FCC cables without using a junction box.
Industry:Fire safety
A connection through which the fire department can pump supplemental water into the sprinkler system, standpipe, or other system, furnishing water for fire extinguishment to supplement existing water supplies.
Industry:Fire safety
