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Food & Agriculture | The precautions taken to prevent fire breaking out, e. g. the elimination as far as possible of combustible materials, the proper control and supervision of welding and burning operations, the enforcement of no-smoking rules, the proper maintenance and distribution of fire-fighting appliances etc. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Those fire-control activities concerned with the attempt to reduce the number of fires through education, law enforcement and fire-hazard reduction. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: FIRE PREVENTIONSynonyms: Prevention of fires, Safety regulations. (additional references) |
Crosswords: FIRE PREVENTION |
| English words defined with "FIRE PREVENTION": fire code. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FIRE PREVENTION": BATTALION CHIEF ♦ CAPTAIN, FIRE-PREVENTION BUREAU ♦ economic fire protection theory, economic fire-control theory ♦ FIRE ASSISTANT, fire deputy, FIRE LOOKOUT, fire prevention technician, fire-control assistant, FIRE-PREVENTION RESEARCH ENGINEER, FIRE-PROTECTION ENGINEER ♦ least cost plus fire protection theory, least-cost fire-control theory ♦ prevention guard, prevention patrol, prevention patrolman, protection chief, industrial plant ♦ SAFETY MANAGER, security manager, SPECIAL AGENT-IN-CHARGE, SUPERINTENDENT, PLANT PROTECTION ♦ watcher, lookout tower, weather forecaste. (references) |
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Screenplays | The rhino is the self appointed fire prevention officer. (The Gods Must Be Crazy; writing credit: Jamie Uys) | |
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 | Tech. Sgt. Rich Lien from the Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Fire Department, talks with an Air Force spouse in the Grand Forks base exchange during fire prevention week in October. Lien says "getting out in the community" is one of the impo. |  | Smokey Bear helping kids learn about fire prevention at a Head Start Fair. Credit: Lori Cook. |
 | Fire prevention presentation. Credit: D. Huntington. |  | Fire prevention week in Cincinnati, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Display in window during fire prevention week in Palo Alto, California. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Business | Following is fire prevention equipment (80 percent), and arms (60 percent). (references) | |
Sicurezza 2000 would feature a special pavilion dedicated to fire prevention and data privacy protection. (references) | ||
Economic History | Vietnam | Provincial governments and residents are secondary buyers who tend to purchase low-cost, lower quality, low-tech fire prevention products and security items of necessity (e.g. fire extinguishers and locks). (references) |
Vietnam | Safety and security equipment is sold in the following commercial sectors: construction, commercial/residential buildings, banks, municipal fire prevention and fire fighting, state maritime and state airports. (references) | |
Minorities | Japan | In February non-Japanese residents of Nagano prefecture petitioned the governor to remove posters issued by the Nagano Prefectural Police and the Japan Crime and Fire Prevention Communication Association that depicted foreigners committing crimes. (references) |
Political Economy | NIGERIA | Essential service workers include federal and state civilian employees in the armed services, and public employees engaged in banking, telecommunications, postal services, transportation and ports, public health, fire prevention, and the utilities sector. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "FIRE PREVENTION": fire prevention technician. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "FIRE PREVENTION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | brandinspektoer (fire prevention technician, prevention guard, prevention patrol, prevention patrolman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | inspecteur voor bosbrandpreventie (fire prevention technician, prevention guard, prevention patrol, prevention patrolman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | agent de prévention (fire prevention technician). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Waldbrandverhütungsinspektor (fire prevention technician, prevention guard, prevention patrol, prevention patrolman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πυροφύλαξ (fire prevention technician, prevention guard, prevention patrol, prevention patrolman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sorvegliante di prevenzione (fire prevention technician, prevention guard, prevention patrol, prevention patrolman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 防火 (fire fighting, fire proof), 防炎 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぼうか (fire fighting, fire proof), ぼうえ" (seeing at a distance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | irefay eventionpray prevenção de incêndio. (various references) prevención del fuego. (various references) brandinspektör (fire prevention technician, prevention guard, prevention patrol, prevention patrolman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-i-i-n-n-o-p-r-r-t-v" | |
-4 letters: interferon, intervener, intervenor, prevenient, prevention. | |
-5 letters: interfere, intervene, orienteer, overprint, preventer, profiteer. | |
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