- Industria: Fire safety
- Number of terms: 98780
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
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.
The procedures by which resources are distributed throughout the service area.
Industry:Fire safety
The process of removing dirt, grease, paints, and other stains from such items as wearing apparel, textiles, fabrics, and rugs by the use of nonaqueous liquids (solvents, nonwater based).
Industry:Fire safety
The range of concentration of a flammable gas in air within which a flame can be propagated, with the lowest flammable concentration known as the lower explosive limit (LEL), and the highest flammable concentration known as the upper explosive limit (UEL).
Industry:Fire safety
The process of admitting fuel downstream of the main burners to create a fuel-rich zone where chemical reactions reduce NOx to molecular nitrogen.
Industry:Fire safety
The pressure on the intake passageway of the pump at the point of gauge attachment.
Industry:Fire safety
The process by which a product is evaluated and tested by an independent laboratory to affirm that the product design complies with specific requirements.
Industry:Fire safety
The pressure exerted by, and gaseous composition of, an environment.
Industry:Fire safety
The power of a laser divided by the area of the laser beam at the target surface, expressed in watts per centimeters squared (W/cm2).
Industry:Fire safety
The process of air or gases being drawn into a fire, plume, or jet.
Industry:Fire safety
The process of proportioning components for construction of an element.
Industry:Fire safety
