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Web Resources: FIRE SCIENCE
- 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
- Fire-EMS Network's Departments Online
Links to over 9,000 Fire-EMS Department websites from across the nation and around the world
- FIREDOC
FIREDOC is the fire research bibliographic database of the Fire Research Information Service (FRIS). It includes 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
- Fire
Science, and Fire
Research
By the
New Zealand Fire
Service
- FireWise
Information for firefighters and people in fire-prone areas of the United States.
Start with the Site Map for resources about safety, preventing fire, and firefighting tactics.
- Glossary
of Fire Terms
Courtesy of NOVA at PBS
- National Fire Weather
Courtesy of the National Weather Service (NOAA)
- TechnologyZone at Firehouse.com
Developments in technology and how they affect emergency services
Directories of Internet Resources
- The 911 Police Fire Medical Web
Resources for Hazmat, emergency and disaster management, wildland firefighting, search and rescue, Homeland Security, fire and safety equipment and supplies, publications, more.
See the Main Link Menu to get started.
- EMS-Fire Web Ring
"A ring devoted to the emergency medical technicians, paramedics and firefighters information and enjoyment."
- Firefighter.com Links
To fire departments, agencies, associations, and organizations
- Fire Links Web Directory
Links to over 10,000 Web sites compiled by Firehouse.com
- Fire Research Information Service, Building and Fire Research Library (BFRL)
Documents, software, links to Web resources, and FIREDOC,
the fire research bibliographic database of the 55,000 holdings of FRIS
Organizations
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.
- National Fire Plan
"Managing the impact of wildfires on the communities and the environment"
- 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
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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