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National Fire Protection Association
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.
That point in time when there is no longer any evidence of open flame or glow of burned material.
Industry:Fire safety
That point in time when fire spread is stopped but the fire is not necessarily under control.
Industry:Fire safety
That point in time when there is no longer any abnormal heat or smoke being generated in material that was previously burning.
Industry:Fire safety
That point in time when a fire is sufficiently surrounded and quenched so that in the judgment of the commanding officer it no longer threatens destruction of additional property, or in wild land fire, that point in time when a control line is around a fire, any spot fires there from, and any interior islands to be saved.
Industry:Fire safety
That place at which independent systems meet and act on or communicate with each other.
Industry:Fire safety
That part of the ship that contains the cargo containment system, cargo pump room, and compressor room and that includes the deck areas over both the full beam and the length of the ship located above the aforementioned.
Industry:Fire safety
That person who possesses the knowledge, skills, and technical competence to provide assistance in the selection, implementation, and evaluation of mission-specific tasks at a hazardous materials weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incident.
Industry:Fire safety
That part of the heating equipment that converts input mechanical or electrical energy to the voltage, current, and frequency suitable for the heating applicator. A converting device shall consist of equipment using mains frequency, all static multipliers, oscillator-type units using vacuum tubes, inverters using solid-state devices, or motor generator equipment.
Industry:Fire safety
That part of collar fabric composite that is next to the skin when the collar is closed in the raised position.
Industry:Fire safety
That part of electrical equipment containing circuitry mainly based on electronic devices and components.
Industry:Fire safety