Containment (disambiguation) — Containment may refer to: Containment, a foreign policy used by the United States during the Cold War Containment building, a structure that encloses a nuclear reactor Containment, a measure of prevention of a fire spreading, in firefighting,… … Wikipedia
Fire protection — is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of fires [NFPA Fire Protection Handbook, pg. 2 19] . It involves the study of the behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as… … Wikipedia
Containment building — NRC drawing of containment building. A containment building, in its most common usage, is a steel or reinforced concrete structure enclosing a nuclear reactor. It is designed, in any emergency, to contain the escape of radiation to a maximum… … Wikipedia
containment — [[t]kənte͟ɪnmənt[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Containment is the action or policy of keeping another country s power or area of control within acceptable limits or boundaries. 2) N UNCOUNT: usu N of n The containment of something dangerous or unpleasant is… … English dictionary
Glossary of wildland fire terms — The following is a glossary of wildland fire terms. Except where noted, terms are taken from a 1998 Fireline Handbook transcribed for a Conflict 21 counter terrorism studies website by the Air National Guard. [… … Wikipedia
Montecito Tea Fire — Location Montecito, California, United States Date November 13, 2008 (November 14 UTC) November 17 17:50 PDT (1:50 U … Wikipedia
New York City Fire Department — Fire Department of New York Motto: New … Wikipedia
Windscale fire — The Windscale Piles (centre and right) in 1985. The Windscale fire of 10 October 1957 was the worst nuclear accident in Great Britain s history, ranked in severity at level 5 on the 7 point International Nuclear Event Scale.[1] The two piles had… … Wikipedia
Angora Fire — Infobox wildfire title= Angora Fire location= Near South Lake Tahoe, California date= June 24, 2007 time= 2:15 PM timezone= PDT acres= 3,100 acres (12.5 km², 4.8 mi²) source= Illegal camp fire Structures Burned= 280 landuse= Forest, Residential,… … Wikipedia
Sayre Fire — (Sylmar Fire) The remains of the Oakridge mobile home park in Sylmar. 480 of the park s 600 mobile homes were burned in the fire. The undamaged houses in the background became uninhabitable due to lack of utility service. Location … Wikipedia
