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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.
A self-contained system, including pumping equipment, that provides both treatment and disposal of wastewater on or immediately adjacent to a single residence or group of residences or small commercial establishments.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-contained power source, provided as a component of an aircraft, that is used to energize aircraft systems when power plants are not operating or when external power is not available.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-contained indirect-fired or electrically heated appliance designed to supply heated air through ducts to spaces remote from or adjacent to the appliance location.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-contained gas range providing for cooking, roasting, baking, or broiling, or any combination of these functions, and not designed specifically for domestic use.
Industry:Fire safety
A self-contained appliance for heating air by transfer of heat of combustion through metal to the air and designed to supply heated air through ducts to spaces remote from or adjacent to the appliance location.
Industry:Fire safety
A selected cell of a battery that is considered to be representative of the average state of the battery or part thereof.
Industry:Fire safety
A securement of loose rope end issuing from a completed knot, usually fashioned by tying the loose end around another section of rope to form a knot. The means by which the loose end is prevented from slipping through the primary knot.
Industry:Fire safety
A secured or restricted area in which competition and support vehicles are parked or staged, or both, and in which work is performed.
Industry:Fire safety
A secured area specifically designated and approved in writing by local, state, or federal governmental authorities for the parking of vehicles containing Class 1 materials (explosives).
Industry:Fire safety
A section of a land use plan that describes the hazards to public safety and how they are to be mitigated.
Industry:Fire safety