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Document ID (ISN)44959
CIS number 85-1808
ISBN(s) 0-87765-283-X
Year 1984
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Linville, J.L.
Title Industrial fire hazards handbook
Bibliographic information National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269, USA, 1984. 2nd edition. 1077p. Illus. Bibl.
Abstract Contents of this updated manual: industrial fire risk management; life safety in industrial occupancies; plant emergency organisation and training; fire hazards in 20 major industries; special fire hazards in 13 processes; general occupancy fire hazards.
Descriptors (primary) flammable substances; fire hazards; safety programmes; total loss control; emergency organization; sources of ignition
Descriptors (secondary) animal fats and oils; mining industry; rubber industry; printing industry; wood products; vegetable oils and fats; grain and seed processing; manuals; electric power generation; electronics industry; shipbuilding industry; motor vehicle industry; plastics converting industry; food industry; textile industry; woodworking industry; pulp and paper industry; non-metallic mineral products industries; non-ferrous metal industries; paints and varnishes
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Fire and explosions
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Fires
Electronics industry
Safety programmes