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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 fully qualified individual who, in the absence of a superior, could be delegated the authority to manage a functional operation or perform a specific task.
Industry:Fire safety
A function performed to stop the flow of fuel in an emergency.
Industry:Fire safety
A functional area or sector that utilizes lumber, timber, and an assortment of hand and power tools to complete operational objectives for stabilizing or shoring at a rescue incident or training evolution.
Industry:Fire safety
A functional unit within the finance/administration section responsible for financial matters involving vendors.
Industry:Fire safety
A furnace built to allow heat processing of materials in a special processing atmosphere.
Industry:Fire safety
A furnace equipped with a fan or blower that provides the primary means for circulation of air.
Industry:Fire safety
A furnace into which the work charge is introduced all at once.
Industry:Fire safety
A furnace into which the work charge is more or less continuously introduced.
Industry:Fire safety
A furnace that employs salts heated to a molten state, excluding aqueous alkaline baths, hot brine, or other systems utilizing salts in solution.
Industry:Fire safety
A furnace that employs the passage of an electric current between a pair of electrodes, or between electrodes and the work, and ionizes a gas (such as argon) and transfers energy in the form of heat.
Industry:Fire safety