- 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.
A labeled device that, where applied to a door and frame, causes an open door to close by mechanical force. The closing speed can be regulated by this device.
Industry:Fire safety
A labeled door assembly that is used for the protection of a window opening in an exterior wall.
Industry:Fire safety
A labeled, fail-safe device, controlled by a detection device, used on an automatic-closing door to release the door at the time of fire.
Industry:Fire safety
A labeled, fail-safe device, controlled by a detection device, used on an automatic-closing door to release the door at the time of fire.
Industry:Fire safety
A laboratory unit used for education past the 12th grade and before post-college graduate level instruction for the purposes of instruction of six or more persons for four or more hours per day or more than 12 hours per week. Experiments and tests conducted in instructional laboratory units are under the direct supervision of an instructor. Laboratory units used for graduate or post-graduate research are not to be considered instructional laboratory units.
Industry:Fire safety
A ladder having a single center beam only with rungs protruding on either side of the beam and with a large hook on top that is used for scaling.
Industry:Fire safety
A ladder having a single center beam only with rungs protruding on either side of the beam and with a large hook on top that is used for scaling.
Industry:Fire safety
A ladder or ladders affixed to a telescoping or articulating boom section.
Industry:Fire safety
A land-based Fire Fighter II at the first level of progression as defined in Chapter 4, who has demonstrated the knowledge and skills to respond to an incident and operate in the proximity of a vessel or dock area or to provide support functions in the cold and warm zone on board a vessel.
Industry:Fire safety
A land-based Fire Fighter II at the second level of progression as defined in Chapter 5, who has demonstrated the knowledge and skills to respond to an incident and operate on a vessel while performing defensive and offensive functions inside the warm and hot zone on board a vessel.
Industry:Fire safety
