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National Fire Protection Association
Industry: 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.
A small diameter plastic tube used for initiating detonators.
Industry:Fire safety
A small compressed gas cylinder up to a size of approximately 5 cm × 33 cm (2 in. × 13 in. ).
Industry:Fire safety
A sludge-dewatering or -concentrating device having continuous bands or belts of filtering media that pass around rollers and from which the material caught on the media is usually removed by gravity and pressure.
Industry:Fire safety
A sludge-conditioning process combining high temperature, time, and pressure to improve the dewaterability of organic sludge.
Industry:Fire safety
A sludge treatment process designed to concentrate wastewater sludges by gravity, mechanical means, or air flotation.
Industry:Fire safety
A slow rate of pressure rise or low-force explosion characterized by a pushing or dislodging effect on the confining structure or container and by short missile distances.
Industry:Fire safety
A sloped covering for the top of a masonry chimney that is designed to shed water away from the flue liner and the chimney and to allow expansion and movement of the flue liner.
Industry:Fire safety
A slender, usually sharp, pointed instrument used for puncturing tissues, suturing, drawing blood, or passing a ligature around a vessel.
Industry:Fire safety
A situation where the occupant load exceeds the exit capacity or the posted occupant load.
Industry:Fire safety
A situation where deflagrable wood dust is normally in suspension or can be placed in suspension at concentrations at or above the minimum explosible concentration (MEC).
Industry:Fire safety