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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.
An oil burner of any type, together with its tank, piping, wiring, controls, and related devices, including all oil burners, oil-fired appliances, and heating and cooking appliances, but excluding those exempted by 1. 1. 5.
Industry:Fire safety
An oil control valve for regulating burner input.
Industry:Fire safety
An official report provided to a jurisdiction by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which accompanies the flood insurance rate map and flood boundary and floodway map, and provides the water surface elevation of the base flood, along with supporting technical data.
Industry:Fire safety
An official map of a jurisdiction, on which FEMA has delineated special flood hazard areas for the jurisdiction.
Industry:Fire safety
An official map of a jurisdiction on which the Federal Emergency Management Agency has delineated flood hazard zones and floodway boundaries for the jurisdiction.
Industry:Fire safety
An official map of a jurisdiction on which FEMA has delineated special flood hazard areas and risk premium zones applicable to the jurisdiction. The term floodinsuranceratemapshall include the flood boundary and floodway map, and the flood hazard boundary map.
Industry:Fire safety
An occurrence, other than an accident associated with the operation of an aircraft, that affects or could affect continued safe operation if not corrected. An incident does not result in serious injury to persons or substantial damage to aircraft.
Industry:Fire safety
An occurrence, either human-caused or a natural phenomenon, that requires action or support by emergency services personnel to prevent or minimize loss of life or damage to property and/or natural resources.
Industry:Fire safety
An occurrence that allows for the development of an Incident Action Plan prior to the occurrence.
Industry:Fire safety
An occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft that takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and until all such persons have disembarked and in which any person suffers death or serious injury or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage.
Industry:Fire safety