- Industria: Fire safety
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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.
The space enclosed by the ship’s structure in which a cargo containment system is situated.
Industry:Fire safety
The takeover of all aerial device movement control functions by an operator at a second control station.
Industry:Fire safety
The space between the top of the finished ceiling and the underside of the floor or roof above where used to supply air to the occupied area, or to return or exhaust air from the occupied area.
Industry:Fire safety
The status of hose stored in a hose house, on a rack or reel, or on a fire apparatus that is available and ready for immediate use at an incident.
Industry:Fire safety
The use of a system or a group of systems including the protected premises fire alarm system(s) in which the operations of circuits and devices are signaled to, recorded in, and supervised from a supervising station under the same ownership as the protected premises that has competent and experienced operators who, upon receipt of a signal, take such action as required by this Code. Related activities at the protected premises, such as equipment installation, inspection, testing, maintenance, and runner service, are the responsibility of the owner. Proprietary supervising station service is controlled and operated by the entity whose properties are the protected premises.
Industry:Fire safety
The term used to define electrical surface resistivity of a material.
Industry:Fire safety
The use of special test equipment to measure the grounding electrode resistance or impedance to earth at a single frequency at or near power line frequency.
Industry:Fire safety
The vertical distance from the grade plane to the average elevation of the highest roof surface.
Industry:Fire safety
The type or degree of activity occurring or intended to occur on a piece of land.
Industry:Fire safety
