Emergency Preparedness in the Washington Metropolitan Area: Oversight Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Government Operations and Metropolitan Affairs of the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on the Status of Emergency Preparedness in the Washington Metropolitan Area, and Suggestions to Improve this Region's Coordination in Times of Emergencies, February 2, and May 5, 1982

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Page 818 - Thank you for this opportunity, and I will be happy to answer any questions that you may have.
Page 472 - ... authority having jurisdiction and concerned with product evaluation that maintains periodic inspection of production of labeled equipment or materials and by whose labeling the manufacturer indicates compliance with appropriate standards or performance in a specified manner.
Page 528 - The logical systematic examination of a system to Identify and analyze the probability, causes and consequences of potential and real failure. FAILURE ASSESSMENT - The process by which the cause, effect, responsibility and cost of an Incident (reported problem) In the transit system Is determIned and reported.
Page 45 - APTA members serve the public interest by providing safe, efficient and economical transit services and products. Over ninety percent of persons using public transportation in the United States and Canada are served by APTA members.
Page 473 - Means of egress shall be measured in units of exit width of 22 inches. Fractions of a unit shall not be counted, except that 12 inches added to one or more full units shall be counted as one-half a unit of exit width.
Page 586 - Block, latch. The lower extremity of a latch rod which engages with a square shoulder of the segment or quadrant to hold the lever in position.
Page 849 - BEILENSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on A BILL To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to improve the congressional budget process, and for other purposes.
Page 486 - ... existing equipment; see Standard for Screw Threads Gaskets for Fire Hose Couplings, NFPA No. 194-1968. (6) Nozzles. Nozzles shall be of an approved type. Size of nozzles for small hose shall be not larger than one-half inch. (7) Dry standpipe identification. Each hose connection on dry standpipes shall be provided with a conspicuous, durable, and permanently legible sign reading "Dry Standpipe for Fire Department Use Only.
Page 476 - General. 2411. Except as otherwise indicated in this Standard, a system shall be electrically supervised so that the occurrence of a break or a ground fault condition of its installationwiring circuits which prevents the required operation of the system, or failure of its main power supply source, will be indicated by a distinctive trouble signal. NOTE: (a) The provision of a double loop or other multiplepath conductor circuit to avoid electrical...
Page 447 - Where it is not possible to preclude the existence or occurrence of a known hazard, devices shall be employed for the timely detection of the condition and the generation of an adequate warning signal. Warning signals and their application shall be designed to minimize the probability of wrong signals or of improper personnel reaction to the signal.

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