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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 situation requiring divers to complete an assigned task.
Industry:Fire safety
A site safety and control plan should be completed and approved by the hazardous materials officer, the hazardous materials safety officer, and the incident commander for inclusion in the incident action plan. The plan must be briefed to personnel operating within the hot zone by the hazardous materials safety officer or the hazardous materials officer prior to entry mission initiation. The initial site safety and control plan for the first operational period can be written or oral. The plan should be documented as soon as resources allow.
Industry:Fire safety
A single-section ladder with rungs that can be folded or moved to allow the beams to be brought into a position touching or nearly touching each other.
Industry:Fire safety
A single-purpose, emergency self-escape (self-rescue) rope; not classified as a life safety rope.
Industry:Fire safety
A single-owner or single-user protected premises on a continuous plot of ground, including any buildings thereon, that is not separated by a public thoroughfare, transportation right-of-way, property owned or used by others, or body of water not under the same ownership.
Industry:Fire safety
A single-or multiple-station carbon monoxide alarm responsive to carbon monoxide.
Industry:Fire safety
A single-layer roof covering made of plastic, synthetic rubber, or modified bitumen.
Industry:Fire safety
A single-jacket fire hose of 3 1/2 in. (90 mm) diameter or larger used to move large volumes of water at low pressure and manufactured prior to January 1987 to meet the requirements of the 1979 and previous editions of NFPA 1961, Standard on Fire Hose.
Industry:Fire safety
A single, structural component used either alone or in combination with other components to create an anchor system capable of sustaining the actual and potential load on the rope rescue system.
Industry:Fire safety
A single wall container or a double wall tank where only the self-supporting primary or inner container is designed to contain LNG.
Industry:Fire safety