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National Fire Protection Association
Industrie: 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 respirator that supplies the respirator user with breathing air from a source independent of the ambient atmosphere and includes self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and supplied air respirators (SAR).
Industry:Fire safety
A respirable gas mixture derived from either normal atmospheric air or from manufactured synthetic air, stored in a compressed state in storage cylinders and respirator breathing air cylinders, and supplied to the user in gaseous form.
Industry:Fire safety
A respirable gas mixture derived from either normal atmospheric air or from manufactured synthetic air, stored in a compressed state in storage cylinders and respirator breathing air cylinders, and supplied to the user in a gaseous form.
Industry:Fire safety
A residual process gas that is collected for treatment or release at a location remote from the site of use.
Industry:Fire safety
A residential type or building heating appliance chimney, or both, listed for use in positive internal pressure applications.
Industry:Fire safety
A rescuer designated to manage a litter and/or person packaged in a litter during a rope rescue operation.
Industry:Fire safety
A rescue tool that receives power from the power unit component and generates the output forces or energy used to perform one or more of the functions of spreading, lifting, holding, crushing, pulling, or cutting.
Industry:Fire safety
A request for assistance to which equipment and personnel are deployed.
Industry:Fire safety
A reproduction of a skin lesion, tumor, wound, or other pathological state. Applied for realism to simulate injuries in emergency exercises.
Industry:Fire safety
A representative group of individuals who serve along with the fire department physician and health and fitness coordinator, and is chaired by the fire department health and safety officer, who oversee the implementation of the fire department occupational safety and health program.
Industry:Fire safety