- Branża: 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 method employing equipment and procedures that interrupts the propagation of a deflagration flame front past a predetermined point.
Industry:Fire safety
A method for the retention of moisture for hydration of portland cement plaster.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of controlling or impressing an electrical current to prevent corrosion of metal components of airport fueling systems that are in contact with the ground.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of describing response intervals that uses frequency distribution as its basis for reporting.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of electronic communication (data transmission) between an in-place fire extinguisher and an electronic monitoring device/system.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of evaluating the ambient atmosphere of a space, including but not limited to its oxygen content, flammability, and toxicity.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of introducing air to a chain or traveling grate stoker under the stoker.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of nondestructive testing (NDT) that utilizes acoustic or sound waves.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of packaging that consists of a plastic sheet that completely encloses the sides and top of a pallet load that contains a combustible commodity or a combustible package or a group of combustible commodities or combustible packages; combustible commodities that are individually wrapped in plastic sheeting and stored exposed in a pallet load. Totally noncombustible commodities on wood pallets that are enclosed only by a plastic sheet as described are not covered under this definition. Banding (i.e., stretch-wrapping around only the sides of a pallet load) is not considered to be encapsulation. Where there are holes or voids in the plastic or waterproof cover on the top of the carton that exceed more than half the area of the cover, the term encapsulated shall not apply. The term encapsulated does not apply to plastic-enclosed products or packages inside a large, nonplastic, enclosed container.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of piping air tanks together to allow air to be supplied to an air system or SCBA fill station, using one or more tanks where all tanks are used simultaneously and are at the same pressure.
Industry:Fire safety
