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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 rope or chain ladder with rigid rungs.
Industry:Fire safety
A rope mechanical advantage system containing a single rope and one or more moving pulleys (or similar devices), all traveling at the same speed and in the same direction, attached directly or indirectly to the load mass; and may contain one or more stationary pulleys (or similar devices), so that the force on the system is distributed approximately evenly among its supporting rope segments.
Industry:Fire safety
A room, office, building, or facility to which access is strictly and tightly controlled.
Industry:Fire safety
A room, office, building, or facility to which access is monitored, limited, or controlled.
Industry:Fire safety
A room within the information technology equipment area that contains the information technology equipment.
Industry:Fire safety
A room within a building that has at least one exterior wall.
Industry:Fire safety
A room within a building and having at least one exterior wall.
Industry:Fire safety
A room with instrumentation and devices to control, measure, record, or observe test cell and engine operation and performance.
Industry:Fire safety
A room used in conjunction with or serving a semiconductor fabrication facility where HPM is stored or used and that is classified as Protection Level 2, Protection Level 3, or Protection Level 4.
Industry:Fire safety
A room totally enclosed within a building and having no exterior walls.
Industry:Fire safety