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Public fire alarm reporting system

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A system of alarm-initiating devices, receiving equipment, and communication infrastructure (other than a public telephone network) used to transmit alarms to the public fire service communications ...

National incident management system (NIMS)

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A system mandated by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) that provides a consistent nationwide approach for federal, state, local, and tribal governments; the private sector; and ...

Liquefied hydrogen system

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A system into which liquefied hydrogen is delivered and stored and from which it is discharged in the liquid or gaseous form to a piping system. The system originates at the storage container fill ...

Ground-fault protection of equipment (GFP)

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A system intended to provide protection of equipment from damaging line-to-ground fault currents by operating to cause a disconnecting means to open all ungrounded conductors of the faulted circuit. ...

Ground-fault protection of equipment

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

Paging system

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A system intended to page one or more persons by such means as voice over loudspeaker, coded audible signals or visible signals, or lamp annunciators.

Gaseous hydrogen system

Fire safety; Prevention & protection

A system in which the hydrogen is delivered, stored, and discharged in the gaseous form to a piping system. The gaseous hydrogen system terminates at the point where hydrogen at service pressure ...