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National Fire Protection Association
Industrie: 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 building unit as defined in Article 100 that floats on water, is moored in a permanent location, and has a premises wiring system served through connection by permanent wiring to an electrical supply system not located on the premises.
Industry:Fire safety
A building used exclusively for the psychiatric care, on a 24-hour basis, of four or more inpatients.
Industry:Fire safety
A building that is temporary, permanent, or mobile and contains a device or system that conveys passengers or provides a walkway along, around, or over a course in any direction as a form of amusement arranged so that the egress path is not readily apparent due to visual or audio distractions or an intentionally confounded egress path, or is not readily available due to the mode of conveyance through the building or structure.
Industry:Fire safety
A building that has only one common wall with a building that has other occupancies.
Industry:Fire safety
A building that is considered not expendable in an exposure fire.
Industry:Fire safety
A building that contains not more than two dwelling units with independent cooking and bathroom facilities.
Industry:Fire safety
A building that contains three or more dwelling units.
Industry:Fire safety
A building that consists solely of two dwelling units.
Industry:Fire safety
A building that contains mechanical, electrical, air-conditioning, or other equipment and that usually is connected to a process or nonprocess building.
Industry:Fire safety
A building that consists solely of one dwelling unit with independent cooking and bathroom facilities.
Industry:Fire safety