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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.
Water supplies provided to meet the minimum fire flow/duration requirements where no municipal-type water system exists or to supplement an inadequate municipal-type water supply.
Industry:Fire safety
Weight, liquid or solid, added to a ship to ensure stability.
Industry:Fire safety
Those seam assembly constructions where rupture does not expose the wearer to immediate danger.
Industry:Fire safety
Water-cooling media made of formed plastic sheets and placed parallel to tower air travel at evenly spaced intervals.
Industry:Fire safety
Up to two-thirds the ultimate strength for low-strength enclosures; for high-strength enclosures the enclosure design pressure sufficient to resist Pred.
Industry:Fire safety
To systematically observe and check a length of control line during or after its construction to prevent breakovers (slopovers), control spot fires, or extinguish overlooked hot spots.
Industry:Fire safety
To take suppression action as needed that can reasonably be expected to check the fire spread under prevailing conditions.
Industry:Fire safety
The thorough cleaning of ensembles or elements by washing with cleaning agents.
Industry:Fire safety
The structure, system, or component under consideration that is capable of performing its intended function during and after the postulated fire, as needed.
Industry:Fire safety
This phase of search measures includes those that are formalized and coordinated with other agencies.
Industry:Fire safety