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Document ID (ISN)21011
CIS number 74-918
Year 1973
Convention or series no.
Title Transportation fire hazards
Bibliographic information Staff Study SPP-19, National Fire Protection Association, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, USA, Apr. 1973. 38p. Illus. Price: US-$2.25.
Abstract A review of the fire hazards that may be encountered in air, road, rail and sea transport, and the special problems involved in the transport of hazardous materials, with particular reference to Federal safety regulations in the United States. Individual sections are devoted to: hazardous materials in transit; aircraft fire safety (inflight fire safety, crash fires, airport protection, aircraft ground fires, etc.); motor vehicle fire safety; marine fire safety (life safety at sea, hazards in handling cargoes, cargo fires at sea, hazards of collisions, etc.); railroad fire safety.
Descriptors (primary) flammable substances; fire protection; transport of materials; fire hazards
Descriptors (secondary) USA; statistics; rail transport; water transport; air transport; legislation; road transport
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Fire and explosions
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Fires
Transport of materials