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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.
Tested and certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Industry:Fire safety
Test weights that are not controlled from any direction except by the force of gravity.
Industry:Fire safety
Termination of employment with the organization for any reason.
Industry:Fire safety
Temperature based on the average of the four ceiling quadrant thermocouples and the center of the room ceiling thermocouple.
Industry:Fire safety
Temperatures reached in fires that produce physical effects that can be related to specific temperature ranges.
Industry:Fire safety
Telecommunications equipment that is owned or leased and operated by other service providers (i.e., competitive local or long distance telephone service providers, internet service providers, or cable service providers) that is placed in a telecommunications facility owned by a different service provider.
Industry:Fire safety
Tasks given to resources to perform within a given operational period that are based on operational objectives defined in the Incident Action Plan (IAP).
Industry:Fire safety
Techniques used by fire personnel to gain entry into buildings, vehicles, aircraft, or other areas of confinement when normal means of entry are locked or blocked.
Industry:Fire safety
Tank vessels using a closed system or heating coils that use thermal oil as the heating medium.
Industry:Fire safety
Systems, devices, and equipment used to detect a fire and its by-products, actuate an alarm, or suppress or control a fire and its by-products, or any combination thereof.
Industry:Fire safety