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POOL FIRE [6 records]

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Record 1 2024-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Urban Housing
CONT

An institutional building refers to a structure that fulfils a role related to healthcare(hospital or medical clinic, seniors living unit), education(school or university), recreation(athletic centre, public pool complex or arena) or public works(town hall, fire station, police station or detention centre).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
CONT

Un bâtiment institutionnel est une structure qui remplit un rôle lié aux soins de santé (hôpital ou clinique médicale, résidence pour personnes âgées), à l'éducation (école ou université), aux loisirs (centre sportif, piscine publique ou aréna) ou aux travaux publics (mairie, caserne des pompiers, poste de police ou centre de détention).

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fires and Explosions
  • Transport of Goods
CONT

A thermal tear occurs when a tank car is exposed to elevated temperatures such as that from a post-derailment fire.... Federal regulations specify when thermal protection is required, as well as the performance standard it has to meet(for example, prevention of tank failure for at least 100 minutes in a pool fire and at least 30 minutes in a torch fire).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Feux et explosions
  • Transport de marchandises
CONT

Une rupture thermique se produit lorsqu'un wagon-citerne est exposé à des températures élevées telles que celles générées par un incendie qui se déclare par suite d'un déraillement. [...] La réglementation fédérale précise dans quelles circonstances une protection thermique est obligatoire, ainsi que la norme de rendement à laquelle elle doit se conformer (p. ex., empêcher la rupture de la citerne pendant au moins 100 minutes dans un feu en nappe et pendant au moins 30 minutes dans un feu de torche).

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fires and Explosions
  • Transport of Goods
CONT

The majority of the tank cars with damaged top fittings came to rest on their sides or upside down, allowing the product to flow from the damaged top fittings and feed the pool fire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Feux et explosions
  • Transport de marchandises
CONT

La majorité des wagons-citernes dont les raccords supérieurs ont été endommagés s’étaient immobilisés sur le côté ou à l’envers, ce qui a permis au produit de s’échapper par les raccords supérieurs endommagés et d’alimenter le feu en nappe.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Furnishings and Equipment
  • Hotel Industry (General)
  • Tourism (General)
DEF

Any feature that provides comfort, convenience or pleasure.

CONT

The house has a swimming pool, two fire places, and other amenities.

OBS

Indoor amenities include places of entertainment, refreshment, assembly, worship, and play, as well as clubs, museums, and cultural facilities; while outdoor amenities include open spaces, green belts, sites for recreation and play, areas of scenic beauty, access to bodies of water, open vistas, and similar blessings.

OBS

The pleasurable or aesthetic, as distinguished from the utilitarian features of a plan, project or location.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipements urbains
  • Hôtellerie (Généralités)
  • Tourisme (Généralités)
DEF

Équipements qui apportent à une habitation, un immeuble, un quartier, le confort en rapport avec les modes de vie convenant à notre époque [...]

OBS

Facteurs qui concourent à rendre agréable l'habitation ou, plus généralement, le cadre de vie, tels que: matières, couleurs, ensoleillement, plantations, perspectives.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Accesorios y equipo (Urbanismo)
  • Hotelería (Generalidades)
  • Turismo (Generalidades)
DEF

Cosas necesarias para vivir a gusto y con descanso.

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Record 5 2004-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gemmology
  • Diamond Industry
DEF

A brilliant cut of square outline.

CONT

Princess cuts with their square brilliant cut, dazzling and full of fire and life, or the emerald cut with the effect of an infinitely deep clear pool of water...

OBS

square cut: [A] step-cut or brilliant-cut diamond with a square girdle outline: four equal sides enclosing equal angles, and sharp corners.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gemmologie
  • Industrie diamantaire
DEF

Taille brillant de forme carrée.

OBS

Par exemple, taille Princesse ou Quadrillion.

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
CONT

[International test of the IEA (International Energy Agency) Emergency Oil Sharing System: ] ... Canada had an obligation to give up crude oil and petroleum products to the IEA pool so that the shortage in all countries would be no more than 10 per cent of the base period consumption.

OBS

The International Energy Agency, based in Paris, can tap into a pool of about 4 billion barrels of oil and refined products maintained by its member countries. Those reserves amount to about fire years of Iraki production, based on February IEA estimates.

Key term(s)
  • International Energy Agency pool

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)

Spanish

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