- 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 method of piping air tanks together to allow air to be supplied to the SCBA fill station using a progressive selection of tanks each with a higher pressure level.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of preloading a rope rescue system to ensure all components are set properly to sustain the expected load.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of proportioning structural members such that elastically computed stresses produced in the members by nominal loads do not exceed specified allowable stresses (also called working stress design).
Industry:Fire safety
A method of protecting employees from cave-ins by excavating the side of an excavation to form one or a series of horizontal levels or steps, usually with vertical or near-vertical surfaces between levels.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of protecting employees from cave-ins, from material that could fall or roll from an excavation face or into an excavation, or from the collapse of adjacent structures.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of providing services through a planned and organized network of physical and human resources utilizing mandates with a defined mission.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of providing services through a planned and organized network of physical and human resources utilizing mandates with a defined mission.
Industry:Fire safety
A method of securing cylinders upright in a tight mass using a contiguous three-point contact system whereby all cylinders in a group have a minimum of three contact points with other cylinders or a solid support structure (for example, a wall or railing).
Industry:Fire safety
A method of storage consisting of corrugated cardboard or paperboard containers fully enclosing the commodity.
Industry:Fire safety
