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National Fire Protection Association
Industria: Fire safety
Number of terms: 98780
Number of blossaries: 0
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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.
An approach limit at a distance from an exposed energized electrical conductor or circuit part within which work is considered the same as making contact with the electrical conductor or circuit part.
Industry:Fire safety
An approach limit at a distance from an exposed energized electrical conductor or circuit part within which there is an increased risk of shock, due to electrical arc over combined with inadvertent movement, for personnel working in close proximity to the energized electrical conductor or circuit part.
Industry:Fire safety
An approach limit at a distance from an exposed energized electrical conductor or circuit part within which a shock hazard exists.
Industry:Fire safety
An appraisal or determination of the effects of the disaster on human, physical, economic, and natural resources.
Industry:Fire safety
An appliance, including a cooking vessel in which oils or fats are placed to such a depth that the cooking food is essentially supported by displacement of the cooking fluid or a perforated container immersed in the cooking fluid rather than by the bottom of the vessel, designed primarily for use in hotels, restaurants, clubs, and similar institutions.
Industry:Fire safety
An appliance with a cooking chamber that is heated either by a steam jacket in which steam is generated by gas heat or by direct gas heat applied to the cooking chamber.
Industry:Fire safety
An appliance used to fill a fire engine’s tank when the water source is below or beyond the engine’s drafting capability.
Industry:Fire safety
An appliance that produces heat by utilizing electric energy or by burning fuel.
Industry:Fire safety
An appliance that operates with a positive vent static pressure and with a vent gas temperature that may cause excessive condensate production in the vent.
Industry:Fire safety
An appliance that operates with a positive vent static pressure and with a vent gas temperature that avoids excessive condensate production in the vent.
Industry:Fire safety