- Industria: 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.
An opening in a furnace wall to enable the introduction of an overfire airstream.
Industry:Fire safety
An opening in a fire door frame alongside the fire door opening that is filled with glazing material.
Industry:Fire safety
An opening in a door with a series of slats or blades to allow passage of air and designed to close automatically in the event of fire.
Industry:Fire safety
An opening in a building’s envelope whose purpose is to allow outside air to be drawn into the structure to replace inside air that is removed by exhaust systems or to improve the quality of the inside air by providing a source of air having a lower concentration of odors, suspended particles, or heating content.
Industry:Fire safety
An opening for penetrations made through one side of a fire resistance-rated assembly.
Industry:Fire safety
An opening extending parallel to the annual growth rings that contains, or that has contained, either solid or liquid pitch.
Industry:Fire safety
An opening designed to allow the movement of environmental air between two contiguous spaces.
Industry:Fire safety
An open, uncovered, unoccupied space, unobstructed to the sky, bounded on three or more sides by exterior building walls.
Industry:Fire safety
An open water discharge device that, when discharging water under pressure, will distribute the water in a specific, directional pattern.
Industry:Fire safety
An open or enclosed area after a spray application process where vapors are released due to exposure to ambient air or a heated atmosphere.
Industry:Fire safety
