- Branża: Fire safety
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A positively charged particle emitted by certain radioactive materials, identical to the nucleus of a helium atom.
Industry:Fire safety
A positive pressure, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) or combination SCBA/supplied-air breathing apparatus certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and certified as compliant with NFPA 1981, StandardonOpen-CircuitSelf-ContainedBreathingApparatusforFireandEmergencyServices.
Industry:Fire safety
A positive displacement pump characterized by the use of a single rotor with vanes that move with pump rotation to create a void and displace liquid.
Industry:Fire safety
A positive displacement pump characterized by the use of a rotor lobe to carry fluid between the lobe void and the pump casing from the inlet to the outlet.
Industry:Fire safety
A positive displacement pump characterized by the use of a piston or plunger and cylinder to displace liquid.
Industry:Fire safety
A position of the door curtain with the underside of the bottom bar, including a compressible seal or sensing edge, if provided, in contact with the sill along the entire width of the opening.
Industry:Fire safety
A portion of a sign that may provide protection from the weather but is not an electrical enclosure.
Industry:Fire safety
A portion of a pier where a boat is temporarily secured for the purpose of embarking or disembarking.
Industry:Fire safety
A portion of a fire area that is separated from the remainder of the fire area by substantive barriers, which are not necessarily fire rated; by physical features, such as pipe tunnels; by spatial separation.
Industry:Fire safety
A portion of a building cut off from all other portions of the building by fire walls, fire doors, and other approved means adequate to prevent any fire that can occur in one fire division from extending to another fire division.
Industry:Fire safety
