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Prevention & protection
Monitor nozzle
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A device specifically designed with large, clear waterways to provide a powerful, far-reaching stream for the protection of large amounts of combustible materials, aircraft, tank farms, and any other ...
Detector
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A device suitable for connexion to a circuit that has a sensor that responds to a physical stimulus such as heat or smoke.
Automated external defibrillator (AED)
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A device that administers an electric shock through the chest wall to the heart using built-in computers to assess the patient's heart rhythm and defibrillate as needed.
Reader
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A device that allows an identification credential to be entered into an access control system.
Exhalation valve
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A device that allows exhaled air to leave a facepiece and prevents outside air from entering through the valve.
Relief valve
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A device that allows the bypass of fluids to limit the pressure in a system.
Rocket
Fire safety; Prevention & protection
A device that ascends into the air without use of aerodynamic lifting forces acting against gravity and that is propelled by one or more rocket motors.
