- 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.
Any individual lamp or other light emitter within an optical source.
Industry:Fire safety
Any incident or event, natural or human-caused, that warrants action to protect life, property, environment, public health, or safety, and to minimize disruption of government, social, or economic activities.
Industry:Fire safety
Any hose with an electrical resistance sufficient to limit the flow of stray electric currents to safe levels, yet not high enough to prevent the relaxation of static electric charges to ground.
Industry:Fire safety
Any healthcare provider or medically trained specialist acting under the authority of the medical director and within the context of the National Incident Management System authorized to act as the medical point of contact for an incident. This can include, but is not exclusive to, nurses, nurse practitioners, EMTs, ECAs, physician assistants, and in some cases a health and safety officer.
Industry:Fire safety
Any governmental, private sector, or non-governmental association or group of persons with like objectives.
Industry:Fire safety
Any function that is necessary to ensure the integrity of the reactor coolant pressure boundary; the capability to shut down the reactor and maintain it in a safe shutdown condition; or the capability to prevent or mitigate the consequences of nuclear power plant conditions that could result in the potential for a significant fraction of allowable off-site releases.
Industry:Fire safety
Any freestanding roof or shade structure installed or erected above a manufactured home or any portion thereof.
Industry:Fire safety
Any flammable gas that has been compressed, liquefied, or compressed and liquefied for the purpose of transportation and has a Reid vapor pressure exceeding 2. 76 × 105 Pa (40 psia).
Industry:Fire safety
Any fixed roof-like structure that is self-supporting in whole or in part, but having no sidewalls or curtains other than valances not exceeding 18 in. (455 mm) in depth.
Industry:Fire safety
