| Document ID (ISN) | 59801 |
| CIS number |
93-431 |
| Year |
1989 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Title |
Electrical safety handbook for firefighting personnel - Instructions on how to cope with electrical hazards in rescue and fire situations |
| Bibliographic information |
Ontario Hydro, 700 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X6, Canada, 2nd ed., 1989. 44p. Illus. |
| Abstract |
Instructions on how to cope with electrical hazards in rescue and fire situations are outlined in this booklet. Topics covered: basic facts about electricity; injuries caused by electric shock; fallen wires on the street; victims trapped in vehicles by fallen wires; Padmount transformers and kiosk; using water safety on electrical fires; dealing with electrical wires when fire fighting in houses and other buildings; substation fires; unauthorised persons in substations; fires and explosions in underground electrical vaults; and special procedures. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
fire fighting; training material; electrical safety; fire services |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
substations; Canada; Ontario; electricity; fire, explosions; safety guides; training manuals; escape and rescue; safe working methods; electric shock; overhead electric lines |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
Electricity
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Electrical safety
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| Browse category(ies) |
Fire fighting, police, prisons and the armed forces
Fires
OSH training
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