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National Fire Protection Association
Branche: Fire safety
Number of terms: 98780
Number of blossaries: 0
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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 statement that describes a specific job task, lists the items necessary to complete the task, and defines measurable or observable outcomes and evaluation areas for the specific task.
Industry:Fire safety
A statement that describes a specific job task, lists the items necessary to complete the task, and defines measurable or observable outcomes and evaluation areas for the specific task.
Industry:Fire safety
A state or condition of readiness for intended duty; usually an emergency vehicle properly serviced with all equipment properly loaded and ready for immediate response.
Industry:Fire safety
A state of sedation and partial block of pain perception produced in a patient by the inhalation of concentrations of nitrous oxide insufficient to produce loss of consciousness (conscious sedation).
Industry:Fire safety
A state of markedly inadequate oxygenation of the tissues and blood, of more marked degree than hypoxia.
Industry:Fire safety
A state of ionization in a gas, solid, or liquid that can be generated by the very high electromagnetic field strengths of focused laser beams or by the impact of high-power laser beams.
Industry:Fire safety
A state of inadequate oxygenation of the blood and tissue sufficient to cause impairment of function.
Industry:Fire safety
A state in which an electrical conductor or circuit part has been disconnected from energized parts, locked/tagged in accordance with established standards, tested to ensure the absence of voltage, and grounded if determined necessary.
Industry:Fire safety
A standpipe system with no permanently attached water supply that is designed to have piping contain water only when the system is being utilized through the fire department connection.
Industry:Fire safety
A standpipe system with a permanently attached water supply that is designed to have piping contain water only when the system is being utilized.
Industry:Fire safety