- 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 branch of an organization, public or private, charged with the responsibility of safeguarding the assets (people, physical plant, properties, and products and reputation) of an organization.
Industry:Fire safety
The bottom part of an opening onto which the door curtain and bottom bar come to rest when in the closed position.
Industry:Fire safety
The biogas derived from decomposition of municipal solid waste (landfill).
Industry:Fire safety
The body of knowledge concerning the study of fire and related subjects (such as combustion, flame, products of combustion, heat release, heat transfer, fire and explosion chemistry, fire and explosion dynamics, thermodynamics, kinetics, fluid mechanics, fire safety) and their interaction with people, structures, and the environment.
Industry:Fire safety
The authorization for treatment by medical directors in local, regional, or state EMS systems.
Industry:Fire safety
The actual or potential area of exposure associated with the release of a hazardous material/weapon of mass destruction (WMD).
Industry:Fire safety
The amount of charge, measured in coulombs per volt or in farads, that must be stored on a specified body or material to raise the potential difference by 1 volt.
Industry:Fire safety
The automatic shutoff of a specific fuel as the result of an interlock or operator action.
Industry:Fire safety
