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National Fire Protection Association
업종: Fire safety
Number of terms: 98780
Number of blossaries: 0
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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.
Any product designed for exterior exposure that, when tested in accordance with applicable standards, has a flame spread of not more than 25, shows no evidence of progressive combustion, and whose flame front does not progress more than 101/2 ft (3. 2 m) beyond the centerline of the burner at any time during the test.
Industry:Fire safety
Any procedure that penetrates the protective surfaces of a patient’s body (i.e., skin, mucous membrane, cornea) and that is performed with an aseptic field (procedural site). Not included in this category are placement of peripheral intravenous needles or catheters used to administer fluids and/or medications, gastrointestinal endoscopies (i.e., sigmoidoscopies), insertion of urethral catheters, and other similar procedures.
Industry:Fire safety
Any pot or container with a capacity of less than 6 gal (22. 7 L) used for preheating tar, asphalt, pitch, or similar substances for the repair of roofs, streets, floors, pipes, or similar objects.
Industry:Fire safety
Any portion of a health care facility wherein patients are intended to be examined or treated.
Industry:Fire safety
Any portable pressure vessel of 45. 4 kg (100 lb) water capacity or less designed to contain a gas or liquid that is authorized for use at gauge pressures over 276 kPa (40 psi) at 21°C (70°F) by the U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) or Transport Canada (T. C. ).
Industry:Fire safety
Any portable ladder specifically designed for fire department use in rescue, fire-fighting operations, or training.
Industry:Fire safety
Any pool that is not a residential pool.
Industry:Fire safety
Any plumbing, heating, electrical, ventilating, air-conditioning, refrigerating, and fire protection equipment, and elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, boilers, pressure vessels, and other mechanical facilities or installations that are related to building services.
Industry:Fire safety
Any place, material, or object at which heat-energycan originate or from which heat-energycan be transferred.
Industry:Fire safety
Any pipe provided to ventilate a plumbing system, to prevent trap siphonage and back pressure, or to equalize the air pressure within the drainage system.
Industry:Fire safety