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Document ID (ISN)45133
CIS number 85-1820
ISBN(s) 0-9508836-0-3
Year 1983
Convention or series no.
Title Angus symbol seeker - Pocket manual
Bibliographic information Angus Fire Armour Ltd, Unit 12, Southgate, White Lund Trading Estate, Morecambe LA3 3PB, United Kingdom, 1st ed., 1983. 32p. Illus. Price: £2.00-£3.00 (depending on quantity bought).
Abstract This pocket manual enables firemen to identify various kinds of hazard signs commonly encountered: signs for explosives; the Emergency Action Code for hazardous chemicals (including hazard diamonds and the protective clothing code); British Rail marking systems; codes used by crop spraying aircraft; biohazard signs; the gas cylinder identification chart; signs for lasers; the Kemler (ADR) code for the marking of vehicles; marking of weapons; the USA code diamond; radiation signs; the black and white scheme for low hazard chemicals; the Scandinavian code diamond; marking of pipelines. The UN hazard classification is outlined.
Descriptors (primary) fire fighting; United Kingdom; danger symbols; hazard identification; warning notices
Descriptors (secondary) dangerous substances; protective clothing; explosives; USA; UN; lasers; biological hazards; piping; gas cylinders; road vehicles; aircraft; crop protection; rail transport; radioactive substances
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Fire and explosions
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Fires
Classification and labelling of chemicals