Specialist dictionary for fire brigades and fire protection

This reference book has been specially compiled for the fire service. However, it can also be used by fire protection engineers and members of the emergency services and civil defence.

This dictionary contains more than 14,000 terms from the fields of construction, mountaineering and mountain rescue, biology, fire protection, chemistry, first aid, explosion protection, vehicle technology, fire brigade, radio technology, engineering, industry, disaster control, materials science, medicine, emergency medicine, nuclear technology, physics, technology, tools and science.

An appendix with over 500 abbreviations, the spelling alphabet and conversions of American-British sizes and units round off the book.

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This technical dictionary was compiled especially for the fire brigade. However, it can also be put to good use by fire protection experts and members of the emergency services and civil protection.

This dictionary covers more than 14&nbsp,000 terms from the fields of construction, mountaineering/altitude rescue, biology, fire protection, chemistry, first aid, explosion protection, vehicle technology, fire brigade, radio technology, engineering, industry, disaster control, material science, medicine, emergency medicine, nuclear technology, physics, technology, tools and science.

An appendix with more than 500 abbreviations, the spelling alphabet and conversions of American-British quantities and units are completing this book.