Protecting firemen against fire-induced flashovers

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 297-302

  Mousa, Abdul M ^a  

^a BC HYDRO   (Canada)

Author keywords

ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRIC LINES: Saftey; FIRE FIGHTING: Safety Codes

Indexed keywords

FLASHOVER--FIRE PROTECTION;

500-KV LINE; FIRE-INDUCED FLASHOVERS; FIREMEN; SAFETY GUIDE;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0025210234     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: 19374208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.107288     Document Type: Article

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