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Lightning protection

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• Weather protection
• Buildings -- Protection
• Fire prevention

• Lightning conductors

• Protection from lightning

• The Lightning-Rod Man, by Herman Melville (HTML at melville.org)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Umbrellas and Their History (ca.1871), by William Sangster (Gutenberg text)

• Uses of Risk Analysis to Achieve Balanced Safety in Building Design and Operations (1991), by National Research Council Building Research Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage: Transfer of Blast-Effects Mitigation Technologies from Military to Civilian Applications (1995), by National Research Council Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment (page images with commentary at NAP)

• 11 Steps to Survival (1969 edition), by Canada Emergency Measures Organization (PDF at webpal.org)

• The Creature from Cleveland Depths (as published in Galaxy magazine, 1962), by Fritz Leiber, illust. by Wallace Wood (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)

• Symposium on Human Problems in the Utilization of Fallout Shelters (1960) (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Blast Tests of Expedient Shelters in the DICE THROW Event (Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1978), by Cresson H. Kearny and Conrad V. Chester (page images at HathiTrust)

• Home Fallout Shelter: Snack Bar, Basement Location, Plan D (1980), by United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Family Fallout Shelter (1959), by United States Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (multiple formats at archive.org)
• 1966 Architectural Awards: Buildings With Fallout Shelter (1967) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ten for Survival: Survive Nuclear Attack (May 1959, reprinted January 1961), by United States Office of Civil Defense (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Cockroach Control Manual (second edition, in English and Spanish; Lincoln NE: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, 2006), by Barbara P. Ogg, Clyde L. Ogg, and Dennis Ferraro (PDF files with commentary at Wayback Machine)

• The Feasibility of Using Modified Atmospheres to Control Insect Pests in Museums (1993), by Michael K. Rust and Janice M. Kennedy (PDF and page images at getty.edu and Google)

• Report of the Sub-Committee on Statistics to the Chairman and Committee on Reconstruction (1906), by San Francisco Committee of Forty on Reconstruction (HTML at cdlib.org)
• Report of the Sub-Committee on Statistics to the Chairman and Committee on Reconstruction (1907), by San Francisco Committee of Forty on Reconstruction (HTML at cdlib.org)

• Example Applications of the NEHRP Guidelines for the Seismic Rehabilitation of Buildings (Washington: Federal Emergency Management Agency, 1999), by Applied Technology Council (page images at HathiTrust)

• Terra 2008: The 10th International Conference on the Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute/Getty Publication, c2011), ed. by Leslie Rainer, Angelyn Bass Rivera, and David Gandreau (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Planning and Engineering Guidelines for the Seismic Retrofitting of Historic Adobe Structures (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c2000), by E. Leroy Tolles, Edna E. Kimbro, and William S. Ginell (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)
• Seismic Stabilization of Historic Adobe Structures: Final Report of the Getty Seismic Adobe Project (Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute, c2000), by E. Leroy Tolles, Edna E. Kimbro, Frederick A. Webster, and William S. Ginell (page images and PDF with commentary at getty.edu and Google)

• Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety: A Proceedings (1997), by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Fire Research Abstracts and Reviews (partial serial archives)

• Fire Research Abstracts and Reviews (partial serial archives)

• The Golden Flash (New York: Junior Literary Guild; Viking Press, 1947), by May McNeer, illust. by Lynd Ward (page images at HathiTrust)

• America at Risk: Findings and Recommendations on the Role of the Fire Service in the Prevention and Control of Risks in America (2002), by America Burning Recommissioned (U.S.) (PDF at dhs.gov)
• America Burning: The Report of the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control (1973), by United States National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control (PDF at fema.gov)

• Fire Suppression Substitutes and Alternatives to Halon for U.S. Navy Applications (1997), by National Research Council Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters, by Victor Appleton (Gutenberg text)

• Fire Suppression Substitutes and Alternatives to Halon for U.S. Navy Applications (1997), by National Research Council Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Fire Suppression Substitutes and Alternatives to Halon for U.S. Navy Applications (1997), by National Research Council Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (page images with commentary at NAP)

• An Evaluation of the Drop Characteristics and Ground Distribution Patterns of Forest Fire Retardants (Ogden, UT: Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1973), by C. W. George and Aylmer D. Blakely (page images at HathiTrust)

• Principles of Ionization Smoke Detection: Development of a New Sensor for Combustion-Generated Submicrometer Particulates (report of investigations 8242; Washington: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1977), by C. D. Litton and Martin Hertzberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spontaneous Oxidation and Combustion of Sulfide Ores in Underground Mines: A Literature Survey (information circular 8775; Washington: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1978), by Donald J. Ninteman
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Interior Materials for Commercial Transport Aircraft, by National Research Council National Materials Advisory Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)

• An Evaluation of the Drop Characteristics and Ground Distribution Patterns of Forest Fire Retardants (Ogden, UT: Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1973), by C. W. George and Aylmer D. Blakely (page images at HathiTrust)