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RAPID FACILITY [7 records]

Record 1 2020-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Locks and Locksmithing
  • Fixed Rescue Facilities (fire)
CONT

Lockboxes allow rapid entry nondestructively. Facility keys are kept in the boxes, and the code or box key is provided to the fire department.

Key term(s)
  • lock box

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Serrurerie
  • Installations fixes de secours (incendies)
CONT

Les boîtes à clés permettent aux pompiers de pénétrer rapidement dans les immeubles sans causer de dommages. Les clés de l'immeuble sont déposées dans ces boîtes et le code ou la clé d'accès est remis au service d'incendie.

Key term(s)
  • boîte à clefs

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Aircraft)
  • Protection of Life
CONT

The purposes of the aeromedical service(AMS) are : the rapid dispatch of emergency medical services to the scene of injury, thereby shortening the therapy-free interval to a minimum and aerial transportation of the injured under close medical supervision to a suitable medical facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherches et sauvetages (Aviation)
  • Sécurité des personnes

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

The Vulnerability Financing Facility is a dedicated facility to streamline crisis support to the poor and vulnerable. The VFF organizes under one umbrella the existing Global Food Crisis Response Program(GFRP) and the new Rapid Social Response(RSR) Program focused on social interventions. The VFF programs address two specific areas of vulnerability to crisis :(i) agriculture, the main livelihood of over 75 percent of the world's poor, and(ii) employment, safety nets and protection of basic social services to help the poor and vulnerable groups cope with crisis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
CONT

The HRT facility has two 13 metre diameter vortex tanks that when operational during a storm event or from a rapid snow melt will separate the solids from the water. The solids are pumped to a new Regional pumping station for treatment at the Niagara Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial Design
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Tire Manufacturing
CONT

Through a rapid prototyping system, Cooper can provide its private-brand customers with a three dimensional, plastic model of the tire for quick evaluation regarding appearance issues. Linked with the new mold design facility in Findlay, the CAD [computer-aided drawing] system can quickly produce mold drawings and, ultimately, a prototype tire in days...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dessin industriel
  • Plasturgie
  • Fabrication des pneumatiques
CONT

Département de plasturgie. Description des cours. [...] Dessins d'outils et [de] moules 1. [...] Lecture et interprétation de dessins de moules simples. Conception et dessin d'un moule simple d'injection.

Spanish

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Record 6 1984-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Amateur Radio
CONT

a frequency meter from Farnell features a "burst" facility to make carrier frequency measurements on mobile radios rapid and simple.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Radio amateur

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports

Spanish

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