- 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 direct recuperative or regenerative combustion system in which the burner(s) preheats the heat storage media prior to the introduction of VOCs or HCs and in which, subsequently, the destruction is carried out in the interstices of the heat storage media in a flameless, self-sustaining manner.
Industry:Fire safety
A direct thermal oxidizer, installed in series and downstream of process equipment, that generates VOC or HC; also referred to as secondary combustion chamber.
Industry:Fire safety
A disaster plan that conforms to guidelines established by the authority having jurisdiction and is designed to address natural, technological, and man-made disasters.
Industry:Fire safety
A disconnecting means installed at the distribution point for the purposes of isolation, system maintenance, emergency disconnection, or connection of optional standby systems.
Industry:Fire safety
A discontinuity in a part or a failure to function that interferes with the service or reliability for which the part was intended.
Industry:Fire safety
A discontinuity in the coating system that includes, but is not limited to, voids, cracks, pinholes, or scratches.
Industry:Fire safety
A discrete area of a building, bounded by smoke or fire barriers, from which occupants are intended to relocate or evacuate.
Industry:Fire safety
A disease that can be transmitted from one person to another.
Industry:Fire safety
