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CONTRAMAESTRE INCENDIOS [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Security
  • Brush, Prairie and Forest Fires
DEF

The person responsible for all suppression and services activities on a fire.

OBS

for "fire superintendent": Synonym of fire boss in British Columbia. As mentioned in the Glossary of Forest Fire Control Terms from the National Research Council of Canada, October 1976, p. 19.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Sécurité
  • Incendies de végétation
DEF

Personne qui organise et dirige l'ensemble des opérations de lutte qui conduisent à l'extinction d'un incendie forestier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Seguridad
  • Incendio de la vegetación
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