- 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.
An individual assigned to oversee the operation of a particular event or the facility and who might serve as both the event official and venue official.
Industry:Fire safety
An individual assigned to an incident from an assisting or cooperating agency who reports to the liaison officer and who has been delegated authority to make decisions on matters affecting that agency’s participation at the incident.
Industry:Fire safety
An individual appointed to respond or assigned at an incident scene by the incident commander to assist the incident safety officer in the performance of the incident safety officer functions.
Industry:Fire safety
An indirect-fired appliance intended to supply heated air for space heating and other purposes, but not intended for permanent installation.
Industry:Fire safety
An indication of the length of time for which a structure will continue to resist the effect of a standard fire test before reaching thermal failure.
Industry:Fire safety
An area surrounding the incident site (e.g., collapsed structure or trench) whose size is proportional to the size and nature of the incident. Within the general area, access by people, heavy machinery, and vehicles is limited and strictly controlled.
Industry:Fire safety
An assembly of slip rings for transferring electrical energy from a stationary to a rotating member.
Industry:Fire safety
An area that is within a building or structure having overhead cover, other than a structure qualifying as “weather protection” in accordance with 6. 5. 2 of NFPA 55, StandardfortheStorage,Use,andHandlingofCompressedGasesandCryogenicFluidsinPortableandStationaryContainers,Cylinders,andTanks.
Industry:Fire safety
An assembled kit, including a lesson plan, behavioral objectives, presentation outline, instructional materials, and evaluation instruments, that is ready to be presented.
Industry:Fire safety
An artificial mound or revetted wall of earth of a minimum thickness of 3 ft (0. 9 m).
Industry:Fire safety
