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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 device that indicates an alarm, emergency, or abnormal condition by means of audible, visual, or both methods, including sirens, bells, horns, and strobes.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that indicates when the container is filled to its maximum permitted filling volume.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that indicates whether a portal is open or closed.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that introduces fuel without combustion air into a furnace for the purpose of reducing NOx emissions from the furnace.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that is a type of human/machine interface (HMI) with numerical or function keys that can incorporate an annunciator or signaling device.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that is arranged to effect a safety shutdown or master fuel trip when the water level in the boiler or HRSG falls to a predetermined low level.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that is installed at the ends of portable, flexible, single-conductor cable that is used to establish connection or disconnection between two cables or one cable and a single-pole, panel-mounted separable connector.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that is intended for installation in the venting system, in the outlet of or downstream of the appliance draft hood, of an individual automatically operated appliance and that is designed to automatically open the venting system when the appliance is in operation and to automatically close off the venting system when the appliance is in a standby or shutdown condition.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that is located at a position remote from the system being monitored (usually at the bridge) and that indicates the condition of the system being monitored.
Industry:Fire safety
A device that is manually or automatically initiated to indicate the route being followed and the timing of a guard’s tour.
Industry:Fire safety