- 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 maximum amount of gas per unit of time, usually expressed in cubic feet per hour, or Btu per hour, required for the operation of the appliance or appliances supplied.
Industry:Fire safety
The ladder cross pieces on which a person steps while ascending or descending.
Industry:Fire safety
The location of a patient sleeping bed, or the bed or procedure table of a critical care area.
Industry:Fire safety
The knowledge, skills, and judgment needed by operations level responders who have completed the operations level competencies and who are designated by the authority having jurisdiction to perform mission specific tasks, such as decontamination, victim/hostage rescue and recovery, evidence preservation, and sampling.
Industry:Fire safety
The maximum gauge pressure permissible at the top of completed equipment, a container, or a vessel in its operating position for a design temperature.
Industry:Fire safety
The means of approach to the entry opening of a confined space.
Industry:Fire safety
The mass loss of a test specimen consumed during combustion per unit exposure chamber volume (g•m-3).
Industry:Fire safety
The lower chord (rail) of an aerial ladder to which rungs and reinforcements are attached.
Industry:Fire safety
