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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.
To perform the assigned tasks without injury to self or others, to the environment, or to property.
Industry:Fire safety
To ignite pyrotechnics by using an electric match, electrical current, or some other means.
Industry:Fire safety
The time period measured from the point in time identified as zero (0) at which the specimen is moved into the chamber and the door is closed to the point in time at which the last vestige of flame or glow disappears from the surface of the test specimen, frequently accompanied by a final puff of smoke.
Industry:Fire safety
The space within the tunnel roadway that is allocated for maximum vehicle movement.
Industry:Fire safety
The valve to an individual hose connection.
Industry:Fire safety
Written procedures, including standard operating guidelines, for managing an emergency response and operation.
Industry:Fire safety
The wall and arch that separates the stage from the auditorium (house).
Industry:Fire safety
The space below a raised floor or above a suspended ceiling used to circulate environmental air within the information technology equipment room/information technology equipment area.
Industry:Fire safety
Underwater diving, related to team operations and training, performed by any member, group, or agency of a community or government-recognized public safety diving or water rescue team.
Industry:Fire safety
Those activities directed at mitigating the dangerous elements of an emergency situation.
Industry:Fire safety