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National Fire Protection Association
Industry: 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 material having a vapor pressure not exceeding that allowed for commercial propane that is composed predominantly of the following hydrocarbons, either by themselves or as mixtures: propane, propylene, butane (normal butane or isobutane), and butylenes.
Industry:Fire safety
Any man-made cut, cavity, trench, or depression in an earth surface, formed by the removal of earth.
Industry:Fire safety
Any man-made changes to improved or unimproved real estate.
Industry:Fire safety
Any man-made changes to improved or unimproved real estate including, but not limited to, buildings or other structures, temporary or permanent storage of materials, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation, drilling, or other land-disturbing activities.
Industry:Fire safety
Any manipulation or removal of fuels to reduce the likelihood of ignition or the resistance to fire control.
Industry:Fire safety
Any major thoroughfare designated for fire department apparatus.
Industry:Fire safety
Any load, object, environmental factor, or system configuration that increases the load on the anchor system(s).
Industry:Fire safety
Any load over 3175. 15 kg (7000 lb).
Industry:Fire safety
Any liquid within the scope of this standard and subject to the requirements of this standard shall be known generally as either a flammable liquid or a combustible liquid and shall be defined and classified in accordance with this subsection.
Industry:Fire safety
Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or solution, or the water-carried wastes resulting from the discharge of water closets, laundry tubs, washing machines, sinks, dishwashers, or any other source of water-carried waste of human origin or containing putrescible material.
Industry:Fire safety