- Branża: Fire safety
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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 controlled process by which a barrier coating is placed on the surface of the metal to inhibit reaction.
Industry:Fire safety
A controlled process that exposes the metal powder to oxygen with the goal of forming an oxide of the metal on the particle surface.
Industry:Fire safety
A convention center, hotel, or other building at which exposition events are held.
Industry:Fire safety
A conversion of a vessel that substantially changes the dimensions or carrying capability of the vessel, changes the type of the vessel, substantially prolongs the life of the vessel, or otherwise changes the vessel such that it is essentially a new vessel.
Industry:Fire safety
A cooking appliance designed for mounting in or on a counter and consisting of one or more heating elements, internal wiring, and built-in or mountable controls.
Industry:Fire safety
A cooling tower classification in which air movement depends on fans or blowers.
Industry:Fire safety
A cooling tower classification in which the water flows countercurrent to the airflow.
Industry:Fire safety
A cooling tower containing no fans or blowers, in which air movement depends on the difference in densities of the heated air inside the tower and the cooler air outside.
Industry:Fire safety
A coordinated time scale, maintained by the Bureau Interntionale des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), which forms the basis of a coordinated dissemination of standard frequencies and time signals.
Industry:Fire safety
A correctly designed positive displacement pump in the water supply line coupled to a second, smaller, positive displacement foam concentrate pump to provide proportioning.
Industry:Fire safety
