- Industria: Fire safety
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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 stage with a height of 50 ft (15 m) or less measured from the lowest point on the stage floor to the highest point of the deck above.
Industry:Fire safety
A stage with a height greater than 50 ft (15 m) measured from the lowest point on the stage floor to the highest point of the roof or floor deck above.
Industry:Fire safety
A stage in the development of a contained fire in which all exposed surfaces reach ignition temperature more or less simultaneously and fire spreads rapidly throughout the space.
Industry:Fire safety
A stack applied in addition to and separate from the normal HRSG exhaust stack that allows combustion turbine exhaust gas to flow independently to the atmosphere.
Industry:Fire safety
A stable nuclear power plant condition in which the affected reactor is subcritical and the average reactor coolant system temperature is less than or equal to 200°F (93°C).
Industry:Fire safety
A square or rectangular plastic device used in conjunction with a laser instrument to set the line and grade of pipe.
Industry:Fire safety
A sprinkler that has been painted or plated by the manufacturer.
Industry:Fire safety
A sprinkler that does not have actuators or heat-responsive elements.
Industry:Fire safety
A sprinkler that directs from 40 percent to 60 percent of the total water initially in a downward direction and that is designed to be installed with the deflector either upright or pendent.
Industry:Fire safety
A sprinkler system of pipes with water under pressure that allows water to be discharged immediately when a sprinkler head operates.
Industry:Fire safety
