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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 light, volatile fuel with a boiling point between gasoline and light distillate. Its properties are defined in MIL-T-5624, Turbine Fuel, Aviation, Grade JP4, JP5, and JP5/JP8ST, and are similar to ASTM D 1655, Standard Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels(JetB), and ASTM D 2880, Standard Specification for Gas Turbine Fuel Oils.
Industry:Fire safety
A lighting assembly consisting of a luminaire intended for installation in the wall of a spa, hot tub, or storable pool, and a cord-and-plug-connected transformer.
Industry:Fire safety
A lightning protection system consisting of one or more overhead ground wires.
Industry:Fire safety
A light-transmitting assembly constructed of glass block held together with mortar or other suitable materials.
Industry:Fire safety
A lightweight metal used extensively in the construction of aircraft airframes and skin sections.
Industry:Fire safety
A limited access highway, road tunnel, bridge, or elevated highway.
Industry:Fire safety
A line designating the rearmost part of the stand that is perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline of the stand.
Industry:Fire safety
A line of stored vehicles.
Industry:Fire safety
A line on a diagram connecting points of equal char depth.
Industry:Fire safety
A line running from a mechanical pump to a vacuum chamber through which preliminary pumping is conducted to a vacuum range at which a diffusion pump or other high vacuum pump can operate.
Industry:Fire safety