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National Fire Protection Association
업종: 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 technique used to ignite fireworks using a handheld ignition source such as a fusee or portfire.
Industry:Fire safety
A technique of performing work on energized electrical conductors or circuit parts, after the employee has been raised to the potential of the conductor or circuit part.
Industry:Fire safety
A technique for moving a load utilizing a simple 2:1 mechanical advantage system in which the load is placed inside a bight formed in a length of rope, webbing, tarpaulin, blanket, netting, and so forth that creates the mechanical advantage, rather than being attached to the outside of the bight with ancillary rope rescue hardware.
Industry:Fire safety
A technique by which a combustible mixture is rendered nonignitible by adding an inert gas.
Industry:Fire safety
A technique applied to a global positioning system (GPS) solution that improves the accuracy of that solution.
Industry:Fire safety
A team of two or more fire fighters.
Industry:Fire safety
A tank, vat, or container of flammable or combustible liquid into which objects or materials are immersed for the purpose of coating, cleaning, or similar processes.
Industry:Fire safety
A tank that is internal to or attached directly to a helicopter.
Industry:Fire safety
A tank that is furnished by the manufacturer as an integral part of an oil-burning appliance.
Industry:Fire safety
A tank that has an inner and outer wall with an interstitial space (annulus) between the walls and that has a means for monitoring the interstitial space for a leak.
Industry:Fire safety