- 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 geometric point used to determine stability when related to the center of gravity and center of buoyancy.
Industry:Fire safety
A goal that is achieved through the attainment of a skill, knowledge, or both, that can be observed or measured.
Industry:Fire safety
A governmental agency or jurisdiction, private or public company, partnership, nonprofit organization, or other organization that has emergency management and continuity of operations responsibilities.
Industry:Fire safety
A governmental, corporate, contractual, or other legally defined boundary.
Industry:Fire safety
A graphic representation of a building structure or portion of a building structure, fire protection system, or fire assembly or equipment.
Industry:Fire safety
A grate element that has reciprocating motion, usually for the purpose of fuel agitation or ash removal.
Industry:Fire safety
A grate on which fuel is placed manually, usually by means of a shovel.
Industry:Fire safety
A ground ladder that is capable of being used both as a stepladder and as a single or extension ladder.
Industry:Fire safety
A group of members with the following characteristics: (1) under the direct supervision of an officer; (2) trained and equipped to perform assigned tasks; (3) usually organized and identified as engine companies, ladder companies, rescue companies, squad companies, or multifunctional companies; (4) usually operating with one piece of fire apparatus (engine, ladder truck, elevating platform, quint, rescue, squad, ambulance); (5) arriving at the incident scene on fire apparatus; (6) company configurations shall be permitted to allow for multiple apparatus that are dispatched and arrive together, continuously operate together, and are managed by a single company officer.
Industry:Fire safety
