- 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 slope of the steepest part of the pressure-versus-time curve recorded during deflagration in a closed vessel.
Industry:Fire safety
Title that refers to a member of the general staff (Planning Section Chief, Operations Section Chief, Finance/Administration Section Chief, Logistics Section Chief).
Industry:Fire safety
Vented gas appliances are classified for venting purposes into four categories as follows: (1) Category I — An appliance that operates with a non-positive vent static pressure and with a vent gas temperature that avoids excessive condensate production in the vent; (2) Category II — An appliance that operates with a non-positive vent static pressure and with a vent gas temperature that may cause excessive condensate production in the vent; (3) Category III — An appliance that operates with a positive vent static pressure and with a vent gas temperature that avoids excessive condensate production in the vent; (4) Category IV — An appliance that operates with a positive vent static pressure and with a vent gas temperature that may cause excessive condensate production in the vent.
Industry:Fire safety
Those persons, including members of fire departments, police departments, other law enforcement agencies, hazardous materials response teams, emergency medical services, and other organizations that have public safety responsibilities and who would respond to rescue and treat victims, and who would protect the public during an emergency incident.
Industry:Fire safety
When an arc flash hazard exists, an approach limit at a distance from a prospective arc source within which a person could receive a second degree burn if an electrical arc flash were to occur.
Industry:Fire safety
Witnessing firsthand the work environment, employability, and occupational skills in practice, the value of professional training, and potential career options. Job shadowing is designed to increase career awareness, help model expected work behavior through competent examples, and reinforce the link between training, education, and work requirements.
Industry:Fire safety
Type of protection applied to electrical equipment that does not produce arcs or sparks in normal service and under specified abnormal conditions, in which additional measures are applied so as to give increased security against the possibility of excessive temperatures and of the occurrence of arcs and sparks.
Industry:Fire safety
Type of protection for electrical equipment that uses the technique of guarding against the ingress of the external atmosphere, which may be explosive, into an enclosure by maintaining a protective gas therein at a pressure above that of the external atmosphere.
Industry:Fire safety
Tools of a specialized or unique nature that might not be required for every fire investigation.
Industry:Fire safety
