Honolulu Community College Library

• Honolulu Fire Department

• The Chemical Database
  Chemical and physical properties, hazards and protection, and fire-related information, presented by the Department of Chemistry at the University of Akron

• FIREDOC
  FIREDOC is the fire research bibliographic database of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory Research Information Services (BFRLRIS). It includes over 55,000 reports, journal articles, conference proceedings, books, and audiovisual items.
  Print or write the citation(s) of the resources you're interested in, and ask your librarian how you can get the full-text.

• Fire Events
  High-resolution, detailed imagery of wildfire and controlled burn events by the Operational Significant Event Imagery team of the National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service

• FireWise
  Information for firefighters and people in fire-prone areas of the United States.
  News, resources, photos, community info, and a forum

• Glossary of Fire Terms
  Courtesy of NOVA at PBS

• National Fire Weather
  Forecasts and outlook, courtesy of the National Weather Service (NOAA)

• TechnologyZone at Firehouse.com
  Developments in technology and how they affect emergency services

Directories of Internet Resources

• EMS-Fire Web Ring
  "A ring devoted to the emergency medical technicians, paramedics and firefighters information and enjoyment."

• Fire Links Web Directory
  Links to over 10,000 Web sites compiled by Firehouse.com

• Building and Fire Research Laboratory Research Information Services (BFRLRIS)
  Documents, software, links to Web resources, and FIREDOC, the fire research bibliographic database of the 55,000 holdings of FRIS

Organizations

• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

• International Association of Firefighters
  Information on safety, fire careers, legislation, more

• National Smokejumpers Association

• International Association of Women in Fire & Emergency Services
  Information and networking opportunities

Wildland

• Fire Ecology Database
  The E.V. Komarek Fire Ecology Database indexes fire-related documents, including information about wildfire control and prescribed burning.

• Fire Globe
  By the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), an activity of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

• FireLine
  Wildland fire reports from the Center for International Disaster Information

• FireNet
  Online information service for rural and landscape fire management. Created by Chris Trevitt, Malcolm Gill, and David Green.

• Healthy Forests and Rangelands
  Portal to the National Fire Plan (NFP) and the Healthy Forests Initiative (HFI), with information about fire, fuels, and land management information

• National Interagency Fire Center,the nation's support center for wildland firefighting
  News, updates, statistics, info about prevention and safety, and links to the fire-management sections of these federal agencies: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), National Park Service (NPS), USDA Fire Service (USFS), Natioanal Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Aircraft Services (OAS), National Association of State Foresters (NASF)

• WFAS, the Wildland Fire Assessment System
  Offers a national view of weather and fire potential, including national fire danger and weather maps

Fire Maps

• World Fire Maps
  Access to the ATSR World Fire Atlas, an Earth Observation level 3 product developed by the European Space Agency (ESA)

• National Fire Maps
  Compiled by the National Interagency Fire Center

• Natural Hazards: Fires
  Satellite views of fire, plus information and frequent updates. Part of the NASA Earth Observatory project.

Of Special Interest

• Fire Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  

• "Fire Wars"
  This NOVA program accompanied the Arrowhead Hotshots crew in the summer 2000 wildfires. Includes resources about the science of fire, firefighters' gear, fire maps, and much more.

• Redding Smokejumpers
  Region Five Smokejumpers, Fire & Aviation Management of the US Department of Agriculture

• "Test of Courage: the Making of a Firefighter"
  This PBS television series followed a group of young men and women in their quest to become firefighters.

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