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SINGLE-ARM INTERVAL [1 record]

Record 1 2014-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Emergency Management
CONT

The search leader [of a disaster site] will determine if the teams will walk the area in an open- or a closed-line formation. ... The search team members walk the site in straight lines in what is referred to as a single- or double-arm interval ... In a single interval, team members are placed one arm length apart from each other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Gestion des urgences

Spanish

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