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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.
A warning system within an area of use that provides continuous visible and audible surveillance of Level 3 medical gas systems.
Industry:Fire safety
A warning system within an area of use that provides continuous visible and audible surveillance of Level 1 and Level 2 medical gas and vacuum systems.
Industry:Fire safety
A warning system that provides continuous visible and audible surveillance of medical gas and vacuum system source equipment at the equipment site.
Industry:Fire safety
A warning system that monitors the operation and condition of the source of supply, the reserve source (if any), and the pressure in the main lines of each medical gas and vacuum piping system.
Industry:Fire safety
A warning device on an SCBA that warns the user that the end of the breathing air supply is approaching.
Industry:Fire safety
A wall-mounted or desk-top panel or cabinet containing controls to operate communications equipment.
Industry:Fire safety
A wall, other than a fire wall, having a fire resistance rating.
Industry:Fire safety
A wall, bearing or nonbearing, designed to resist lateral seismic forces acting in the plane of the wall (sometimes referred to as a vertical diaphragm).
Industry:Fire safety
A wall with wood or steel studs.
Industry:Fire safety
A wall used to separate buildings or subdivide a building with high fire challenge occupancies, having enhanced fire resistance ratings and enhanced appurtenance protection to prevent the spread of fire, and having structural stability.
Industry:Fire safety