- Industria: 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.
Mass of agent per unit of container volume (the customary units are lb/ft3 or kg/m3).
Industry:Fire safety
Masonry walls or equivalent having at least a 1-hour fire rating, including compressible materials having an equivalent fire resistance capability.
Industry:Fire safety
Masonry chimneys exposed to the outdoors on one or more sides below the roof line.
Industry:Fire safety
Maps produced by the National Flood Insurance Program, under the auspices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), that illustrate geographic areas that are subject to flooding.
Industry:Fire safety
Manufactured or field-constructed equipment designed to contain water on a permanent or semipermanent basis and used for swimming, wading, immersion, or therapeutic purposes.
Industry:Fire safety
Manually perform suppressive action given response to the proper site.
Industry:Fire safety
Manually perform actions on a fire process in order to limit the growth of or extinguish the fire.
Industry:Fire safety
Manually operated control device used in conjunction with a start control, when continuously actuated, will allow a machine to function.
Industry:Fire safety
Making every reasonable effort to maintain exposures to radiation as far below the dose limits in this part (10 CFR 20) as is practical consistent with the purpose for which the licensed activity is undertaken, taking into account the state of technology, the economics of improvements in relation to state of technology, the economics of improvements in relation to benefits to the public health and safety, and other societal and socioeconomic considerations, and in relation to utilization of nuclear energy and licensed materials in the public interest.
Industry:Fire safety
Maintain the effectiveness of building construction features and built-in equipment.
Industry:Fire safety
