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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.
As related to caves, a specific combination of resources with a leader, personnel, and common equipment assembled for the purpose of searching an area in the cave identified by the incident command.
Industry:Fire safety
As related to caves, a specific combination of resources with a leader, personnel, and common equipment assembled for the purpose of rigging rope systems to negotiate obstacles to assist patient and rescuer movement in or out of the cave.
Industry:Fire safety
As related to caves, a specific combination of resources with a leader, personnel, and common equipment assembled for the purpose of making initial contact to the patient and initiating patient care in the cave.
Industry:Fire safety
As related to caves, a specific combination of resources with a leader, personnel, and common equipment assembled for the purpose of evacuating the patient from the cave.
Industry:Fire safety
As related to caves, a specific combination of resources with a leader, personnel, and common equipment assembled for the purpose of establishing and maintaining communications between various locations in and out of the cave.
Industry:Fire safety
As determined by a qualified healthcare professional, there are no known physical or medical limitations that would interfere with the performance of strenuous heavy lifting and pulling or with the use of self-contained breathing apparatus that can be required during emergency response organizations.
Industry:Fire safety
As determined by a qualified healthcare professional, there are no known medical limitations that would interfere with the process of making decisions and providing direction while exposed to a stressful environment.
Industry:Fire safety
As described by the ASME BoilerandPressureVesselCode.
Industry:Fire safety
As defined by the U. S. Census Bureau, an area with fewer than 500 people per square mile.
Industry:Fire safety
As applied to vehicles and facilities, to furnish with new parts or equipment to constitute a deliberate modification of the original design (as contrasted with an overhaul or a replacement in kind).
Industry:Fire safety