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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.
That part of an airport to be used for the takeoff, landing, and taxiing of aircraft, and the apron(s).
Industry:Fire safety
That part of a transmission channel connecting two or more, but fewer than all, leg facilities to a primary trunk facility.
Industry:Fire safety
That part of a wall entirely above the roofline.
Industry:Fire safety
That part of a transmission channel connecting all leg facilities to a supervising or subsidiary station.
Industry:Fire safety
That part of a rooftop hangar normally used for the storage and servicing of one or more helicopters, not including any adjacent or contiguous areas or structures, such as shops, storage areas, and offices.
Industry:Fire safety
That mechanical part of a landing gear system mounted under the nose of an aircraft. It can be designed either as a stationary component or one that retracts into the fuselage.
Industry:Fire safety
That location at which the primary logistics functions are coordinated and administered.
Industry:Fire safety
That equipment essential to the safety of the occupants of the facility.
Industry:Fire safety
That deformation remaining in any part of a ladder or its components after all test loads have been removed from the ladder.
Industry:Fire safety
That end of a rope or cable that is wound around a bitt.
Industry:Fire safety