- 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 igniter that is applied to ignite the fuel input through the burner and to support ignition under any burner light-off or operating conditions. Its location and capacity are such that it will provide sufficient ignition energy, generally in excess of 10 percent of full load burner input, at its associated burner to raise any credible combination of burner inputs of both fuel and air above the minimum ignition temperature.
Industry:Fire safety
An identifiable series of products that can be the same as or a subset of a production lot; used by the manufacturer for quality control or identification purposes.
Industry:Fire safety
An identifiable area located on land, on water, or on a structure that also includes any existing buildings or facilities thereon, used or intended to be used for landing and takeoff of helicopters.
Industry:Fire safety
An identifiable and readily accessible fire extinguisher housing device designed to store and protect fire equipment.
Industry:Fire safety
An HVAC system designed to maintain the movement of air within the system at the indication of a fire.
Industry:Fire safety
An extinguishing system in which the radiant energy of a spark or an ember is detected and the spark or ember is quenched.
Industry:Fire safety
An extinguishing medium consisting of finely divided solid particles, generally less than 10 microns in diameter, and gaseous matter, generated by a combustion process of a solid aerosol-forming compound.
Industry:Fire safety
An extinguishing medium consisting of fine particles of chemicals, generally less than 10 microns in diameter, already resident inside a pressurized agent storage container, suspended in a halocarbon or an inert gas.
Industry:Fire safety
An extinguisher of the hand-held or wheeled type that is capable of being carried or moved about, or a transportable system consisting of a hose reel or rack, hose, and discharge nozzle assembly connected to a supply of suppressant.
Industry:Fire safety
