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National Fire Protection Association
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.
A person licensed to practice architecture in a jurisdiction, subject to all laws and limitations imposed by the jurisdiction.
Industry:Fire safety
A person in a supervisory level position responsible for a specific geographic area of operations at an incident.
Industry:Fire safety
A person in a supervisory level position responsible for a functional area of operation.
Industry:Fire safety
A person in a supervisory level position in either the operations or logistics function to provide a span of control.
Industry:Fire safety
A person entering a confined space for the specific purpose of rescue.
Industry:Fire safety
A person designated to provide delivery, management, and/or administration of fire protection and life safety related codes and standards, investigation, education, and/or prevention services for local, county, state, provincial, federal, or private sector jurisdictions as adopted or determined by that entity.
Industry:Fire safety
A person designated to observe the fire or a portion of a fire and warn the crew when there is a change in fire activity or when there is danger of becoming trapped.
Industry:Fire safety
A person approved or assigned to perform specific types of duties or to be at a specific location at the job site.
Industry:Fire safety
A person adequately advised or supervised by an electrically skilled person to enable him or her to perceive risks and to avoid hazards that electricity can create.
Industry:Fire safety
A permanently mounted, hand-operated device providing a means for connecting and disconnecting an appliance or an appliance connector to the gas supply piping. The device includes an integral, manually operated gas valve with a nondisplaceable valve member so that disconnection can be accomplished only when the manually operated gas valve is in the closed position.
Industry:Fire safety