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Record 1 2022-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
CONT

Floodplain management typically involves the adoption of land use regulations for identified floodplains. Land use regulations are based on the premise that the specified hazard area will continue to be flooded on occasion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
CONT

La gestion des plaines inondables consiste habituellement à réglementer l'occupation des sols dans les plaines inondables identifiées. Cette réglementation est fondée sur la prémisse que les zones à risque continueront d'être inondées de temps à autre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Training
  • CBRNE Weapons
  • CBRNE Operations
CONT

[The department] provided decontamination and casualty handling training to fleet physicians and corpsmen, and collaborated with Canadian and British forces on chemical and biological warfare hazard assessment. The department also provided special protective clothing, detection and monitoring equipment, and chemical and biological warfare training to Marines, SEAL [sea‑air‑land team] commando units, and Navy civilians deployed in the gulf.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Armes CBRNE
  • Opérations CBRNE

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airfields
CONT

"Bird Control Area" as used in this standard [Manual of Airport Bird Hazard Control] means land between all runways on the airport as well as all land enclosed by a line connecting points 150 m from the ends of all runways...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aérodromes
DEF

[...] terrain compris entre toutes les pistes d'un aéroport et le terrain compris à l'intérieur d'une ligne tracée entre des points situés à 150 m de l'extrémité des pistes [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Fuels and Types of Hearths
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

The planned manipulation and/or reduction of living or dead forest fuels for forest management and other land use objectives(e. g. hazard reduction, silvicultural purposes, wildlife habitat improvement) by : prescribed fire; mechanical, chemical, or biological means; and/or changing stand structure and species composition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Combustibles et types de foyers
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Manipulation ou réduction planifiée des combustibles forestiers verts ou morts à des fins d'aménagement des forêts ou du territoire (réduction des risques, traitements sylvicoles ou amélioration des habitats fauniques) réalisée à l'aide du brûlage dirigé ou d'autres moyens techniques, chimiques ou biologiques, ou par la modification de la structure du peuplement et la composition en essences.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Combustibles y tipos de hogares o chimeneas
  • Incendio de la vegetación
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Record 5 2007-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
DEF

A specially designed and operated land disposal site for solid waste, where precautions are taken to minimize environmental hazard.

OBS

Sanitary landfills are well-engineered, well controlled land disposal sites for solid, nonhazardous waste in which delivered waste are spread and compacted in layers a few feet thick. At least once a day the waste are covered with a layer of earth and then compacted again.

Key term(s)
  • sanitary land-fill
  • sanitary land fill

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
DEF

Lieu d'enfouissement des déchets solides, spécialement conçu et exploité pour réduire les risques environnementaux.

OBS

On y prend diverses précautions, comme étendre les déchets en de minces couches les plus compactes possibles que l'on recouvre d'une couche compacte de matériau de couverture à la fin de chaque journée de travail. Diverses mesures de contrôle du lixiviat et des gaz d'enfouissement sont aussi prévues.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Airport Runways and Areas
CONT

The FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] defines a runway intrusion as, "Any occurrence at an airport involving an aircraft, vehicle, person, or object on the ground that creates a collision hazard or results in a loss of separation with an aircraft taking off, intending to take off, landing, or intending to land".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport
OBS

empiètement : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • River and Sea Navigation
DEF

A method of navigating a ship along the shortest distance between the point of departure and the point of arrival, subject of arrival, subject of course to no land or other navigational hazard lying between the two points.

OBS

great circle sailing: Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Navigation suivant une ligne qui fait parcourir la plus courte distance entre deux points du globe.

OBS

navigation orthodromique : Terminologie officialisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 8 1980-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
OBS

A rating that indicates the capability of land for some use such as agriculture, forestry, recreation, or wildlife. In the Canadian system, it is a grouping of lands that have the same relative degree of limitation or hazard. The degree of limitation or hazard is nil in Class 1 and becomes progressively greater to Class 7.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
OBS

Catégorie qui renseigne sur les possibilités d'utilisation du terrain à des fins spécifiques, telles la production agricole ou forestière, la récréation ou la faune. Dans le système canadien, la classe groupe les terrains présentant le même degré relatif de limitations ou de risques. Le degré de limitations et de risques est nul dans la classe 1 et augmente progressivement jusqu'à la classe 7.

Spanish

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