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Record 1 2012-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
  • Protection of Life
  • First Aid
DEF

A service facility where disaster or emergency evacuees are sent to receive basichealth care, assistance for basic needs and information.

OBS

A reception centre can be located in a school gymnasium, church, communitycentre, arena or other appropriate location and may be colocated with mass carefacilities when a small number of evacuees are involved. Separate reception centres and mass-care facilities may be used in a large-scale evacuation.

OBS

reception centre: term officially recognized by the Emergency Preparedness Committee.

OBS

reception centre; RC; reception area: terms, abbreviation and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • reception center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Secourisme
DEF

Installation de prestation de services où sont envoyées les personnes évacuées en cas de catastrophe ou d’urgence et où elles peuvent recevoir des soins de santé de base, de l’aide pour répondre à leurs besoins essentiels et de l'information.

OBS

Un centre d'accueil peut être situé dans le gymnase d’une école, une salle paroissiale, un centre communautaire, un aréna ou un autre lieu approprié. Uneinstallation commune peut servir à loger le centre de réception et les soins de masse quand il y a un petit nombre d'évacués. Des installations distinctes peuvent être utilisées dans le cas d'une évacuation massive de gens.

OBS

centre d'accueil d'urgence : terme adopté par le Comité d'uniformisation de la protection civile.

OBS

centre d'accueil; CA; centre de réception; centre de services aux sinistrés : termes, abréviation et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship Communications (Military)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communications en mer (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Forces

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forces aériennes

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Corporate Structure
  • Finance
OBS

Within Claims and Information Management Section of FMSS; processes claims from troop-contributing countries and deals with COE backlog, death and disability, wet/dry leases, LOAs, third-party claims and commercial disputes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Structures de l'entreprise
  • Finances

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Estructura de la empresa
  • Finanzas
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