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2. Pool fire - Wikipedia

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   Open-top tank fires are pool fires of industrial scale that occur when the roof of an atmospheric tank fails due to internal tank blast, followed by the contents of the tank catching fire. If a layer of water is present underneath the fuel and the fuel is a mixture of chemical species with several different boiling points, a boilover may ...

3. Swimming pool - Wikipedia

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   A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming and associated activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built above ground (as a freestanding construction or as part of a building or other larger structure), and may be found as a ...

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5. Boilover - Wikipedia

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   Boilover onset mechanism. The extreme violence of boilovers is due to the expansion of water from liquid to steam, which is by a factor of 1500 or more. [3] In practical storage scenarios, the presence of water under the burning fluid is sometimes due to spurious accumulation during plant operation (e.g., rainwater entering a seam in the tank roof, off-specification products from the source ...

6. Fire protection engineering - Wikipedia

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   The practice of final fire sprinkler systems design and hydraulic calculations is commonly performed by design technicians who are often educated in-house at contracting firms throughout North America, with the objective of preparing designers for certification by testing by associations such as NICET (National Institute for Certification in ...

7. Chemical fire at pool cleaner plant forces evacuations in ...

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   A fire occurred at the lab, which produces pool and spa chemicals, in 2020. An investigation by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board found that a "thermal decomposition event ...

8. Swimming pool reactor - Wikipedia

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   A swimming pool reactor, [1] also called an open pool reactor, is a type of nuclear reactor that has a core (consisting of the fuel elements and the control rods) immersed in an open pool usually of water. [2] The water acts as neutron moderator, cooling agent and radiation shield. The layer of water directly above the reactor core shields the ...

9. Nkandla compound firepool controversy - Wikipedia

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   It was claimed that the pool was built as a security feature and security upgrade, [2] [3] as a source of water for firefighting. A controversy surrounded the construction of the pool. Official South African documents refer to the pool as a "fire pool", with the rationale that the pool can also serve as a water reservoir for firefighting.