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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 barrier that contains the embers and debris from a fire or deflagration in a process building, thus preventing propagation of fire to other buildings or areas.
Industry:Fire safety
Any awning, cabana, ramada, storage cabinet, carport, fence, windbreak, or porch established for the use of the occupant of the mobile home on a mobile home lot.
Industry:Fire safety
Any atmosphere that is oxygen deficient or that contains a toxic or disease-producing contaminant.
Industry:Fire safety
Any atmosphere that can expose personnel to the risk of death, incapacitation, injury, acute illness, or impairment of ability to self-rescue.
Industry:Fire safety
Any atmosphere containing a percentage of oxygen or oxygen and nitrous oxide greater than the quotient of 23. 45 divided by the square root of the total pressure in atmospheres.
Industry:Fire safety
Any arrangement of pipe, tubing, fittings, connectors, tanks, controls, valves, and devices designed and intended to supply or control the flow of fuel.
Industry:Fire safety
Any area of the facility that has been designated to be used for the administration of any flammable inhalation anesthetic agents in the normal course of examination or treatment.
Industry:Fire safety
Any area of a facility that has been designated to be used for the administration of any flammable or nonflammable inhalation anesthetic agent in the course of examination or treatment, including the use of such agents for relative analgesia.
Industry:Fire safety
Any area in which polyester resins or gelcoats are spray applied.
Industry:Fire safety
Any and all functions that fire department members can be called upon to perform in the execution of their duties.
Industry:Fire safety