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National Fire Protection Association
Settore: 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.
A generic name for the liquid foam concentrate, foam solution, and foam in whatever form it is being used.
Industry:Fire safety
A generic term for a group of nonflammable synthetic chlorinated hydrocarbons used as electrical insulating media. Askarels of various compositional types are used. Under arcing conditions, the gases produced, while consisting predominantly of noncombustible hydrogen chloride, can include varying amounts of combustible gases, depending on the askarel type.
Industry:Fire safety
A generic term for a panel primarily composed of cellulosic materials, generally in the form of discrete pieces or particles, as distinguished from fibers, that are combined with synthetic resin or other suitable bonding system by a process in which the interparticle bond is created by the bonding system under heat and pressure.
Industry:Fire safety
A generic term that encompasses all aspects of the professional and public concern related to the maintenance of a historic structure, site, or element in its current condition, as originally constructed, or with the additions and alterations determined to have acquired significance over time.
Industry:Fire safety
A generic term used to describe a flammable gas, flammable liquid produced vapor, or combustible liquid produced vapor mixed with air that may burn or explode.
Industry:Fire safety
A generic term used to describe the various methods used in the fire department for the control of alcohol and other substance abuse, stress, and personal problems that adversely affect member performance.
Industry:Fire safety
A generic title given to a member within a fire department or emergency service organization who performs the functions of a health and safety officer, an incident safety officer, or who serves as an assistant to a person in either of those positions.
Industry:Fire safety
A geographic area that includes the local and neighboring jurisdiction for an EMS agency.
Industry:Fire safety
A geographic area that requires a travel distance of at least 8 miles to provide emergency services.
Industry:Fire safety
A geographical site, within the general incident area, separate from the base, equipped and staffed to provide food, water, and sanitary services to incident personnel.
Industry:Fire safety