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Descriptor English: Fires
Descriptor Spanish: Incendios
Descriptor incendios
Entry term(s) comburente
combustión
fuego
fuentes de ignición
incendio
llama química
Scope note: La combustión o quema en el que sustancias se combinan químicamente con el oxígeno emitiendo luz brillante, calor y humo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Incêndios
Descriptor French: Incendies
Entry term(s): Comburent
Combustion
Combustion Sources
Combustive Agents
Fire
Flame
Tree number(s): N06.230.216
SP4.606.745
SP8.190.270.744
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005390
Scope note: Combustion or burning in which substances combine chemically with oxygen typically giving out bright light, heat, and smoke.
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
PC prevention & control
SN statistics & numerical data
Related: Burns, Inhalation MeSH
Smoke Inhalation Injury MeSH
DeCS ID: 5525
Unique ID: D005390
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Fires - Preferred
Concept UI M0008511
Scope note Combustion or burning in which substances combine chemically with oxygen typically giving out bright light, heat, and smoke.
Preferred term Fires
Entry term(s) Fire
Combustion - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI FD00060750
Scope note Light and visible part of a burning fuel. During a fire, it is important to note that heat, fumes and gases can cause certain types of fire without the apparent presence of flame. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992)
Preferred term Combustion
Entry term(s) Comburent
Combustion Sources
Combustive Agents
Flame



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