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Document ID (ISN)20022
CIS number 74-22
Year 1972
Convention or series no.
Title Industrial waste and refuse - Fire safety
Original title Déchets et résidus de fabrication - Sécurité incendie. [in French]
Bibliographic information Série Prévention et protection incendie, Vol.8, National Prevention and Protection Centre (Centre national de prévention et de protection), 5 rue Daunou, 75002 Paris, France, 1972. 67p.
Abstract Describes general precautions to be observed in the recovery, removal, storage and elimination of various types of waste which might cause fires. Indicates specific hazards and preventive measures to be adopted for broad categories of waste according to their constituents or original raw materials: wood, paper, cardboard, textiles, leather, metal, scrap metal, solvents, paints, plastics, rubber, chemicals, radioactive waste.
Descriptors (primary) fire fighting; fire protection; industrial waste; fire hazards
Descriptors (secondary) disposal of harmful waste; chemical products; leather; wood; plastics; paper; cardboard; natural rubber; combustible substances; paints; radioactive substances; solvents; chips; scrap metal; textiles
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Fire and explosions
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Fires