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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.
The component of footwear that provides additional support to the instep.
Industry:Fire safety
The component of an element or item that principally prevents the transfer of liquids.
Industry:Fire safety
The compliant flame-resistant garment.
Industry:Fire safety
The compliance with the criminal and civil laws and procedures within the jurisdiction where the incident occurred.
Industry:Fire safety
The complete assembly of interconnected components, devices, and/or appliances that provides all of the functions necessary to fuel, monitor, supervise, generate, and control flame effects, including the emergency shutdown of the flame effects and, where necessary, the monitoring of external conditions that affect operation.
Industry:Fire safety
The complete suppression of a fire until there are no burning combustibles.
Industry:Fire safety
The complete aggregate of equipment used to convert chemical fuel into usable electricity. A fuel cell system typically consists of a reformer, stack, power inverter, and auxiliary equipment.
Industry:Fire safety
The complete assembly of components and devices that controls and generates a flame effect.
Industry:Fire safety
The complete assembly by which the helmet is retained in position on the head.
Industry:Fire safety
The common point on a wye-connection in a polyphase system or midpoint on a single-phase, 3-wire system, or midpoint of a single-phase portion of a 3-phase delta system, or a midpoint of a 3-wire, direct-current system.
Industry:Fire safety