- 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.
Combinations of rescue equipment used for nonentry (external) rescue of persons from confined spaces.
Industry:Fire safety
Collapse of heavy construction-type buildings that require special tools and training to gain access into the building.
Industry:Fire safety
Any vessel of 119 gal (450 L) or less capacity used for transporting or storing liquids.
Industry:Fire safety
Coarse, granular aggregate, with pieces larger than sand grains, resulting from the natural erosion of rock.
Industry:Fire safety
Coal that is reduced to a size such that at least 50 percent can pass through a 200-mesh (74 microns) sieve.
Industry:Fire safety
Clothing worn for the purpose of isolating parts of the wearer’s body from contact with body fluids.
Industry:Fire safety
Clothing provided for the fire inspector’s personal protection, including a helmet/hard hat, safety glasses, safety shoes/boots, gloves, and coveralls.
Industry:Fire safety
Clinicians and other medical care staff at a medical care facility who have a role in emergency patient care including initial triage, decontamination, and treatment for patients who are delivered by emergency medical services or who self-present at a medical care facility, and those staff whose roles support these functions, e.g., security, set up, and patient tracking.
Industry:Fire safety
Cleaning conducted by a facility outside the organization that specializes in cleaning protective clothing.
Industry:Fire safety
