firesafety

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A form of fire safety — Practices intended to prevent fires and reduce the destruction they cause.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounfiresafety (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of fire safety.

    The non-profit association for firesafety, the NFPA was founded in 1896 and has more than 32,500 members worldwide.

    1986, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, Prevention of Residential Fire Fatalities: Hearing..., page 184
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    The model provides a tool for assessing the expected risks associated with building fires. Exhibit 2 identifies five possible measures for describing various aspects of firesafety.

    1979, NBS Special Publication, numbers 552-554, page 20
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