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Internet Resources

Emergency Preparedness and Response - Fire Safety
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/firesafety/
Information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on fire safety and wildfire prevention.

FIND! (Fire Information Now Database)
http://www.usfa.fema.gov/applications/find/
Searchable database containing links to web sites in a variety of categories related to fire and emergency services.

FireSafety.gov
http://www.firesafety.gov/
A federal government information resource for eliminating residential fire deaths.

Great Chicago Fire of 1871
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/index.html
Historical information from the Chicago Historical Society and Northwestern University.

National Fire Protection Association
http://www.nfpa.org
Fire safety news and links to fire resources on the Web.

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Electronic Databases

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Career and Technical Education
Full-text and index of vocational and technical periodicals, newsletters and publications. Includes many titles not found elsewhere in electronic format.

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Videorecordings

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Bread and butter operations VT210080-A
Extrication principles and vehicle design. VT200053
Extrication techniques. VT200055
Fire extinguisher training : using the P.A.S.S. technique. VT990179
Fire power. VT930554
Operating fire pumps. VT940735
Patient considerations and mechanisms of injury. VT200056
Playing with fire : a deadly game. VT970252
Positioning aerial apparatus. VT940739
Stabilizing aerial apparatus. VT940737

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Books

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Essentials of fire fighting.
Edited by Richard Hall and Barbara Adams.
628.92 ES78

Firefighting : behind the scenes.
by Maria Mudd Ruth with photographs by Scott Sroka.
628.925 M943

Fire inspection and code enforcement.
Edited by Michael Wieder and Carol Smith.
363.377 F523

Fire prevention: inspection and code enforcement.
David Diamantes
363.377 D537

Fire service rescue.
edited by Carl Goodson ; validated by the International Fire Service Training Association
628.92 F522

Fundamentals of fire prevention.
William K. Bare.
628.922 B24

Industrial fire protection handbook.
R. Craig Schroll
628.922 IN425

Opportunities in fire protection services.
Ronny J. Coleman.
628.92023 C692

Principles of fire behavior.
James G. Quintiere.
628.92 Q7

Public and media relations for the fire service.
Tim Birr.
659.29 B619

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Reference Books

Reference Books are for in-library use only. They are not available to checkout of the library.

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National fuel gas code : an American national standard.
National Fire Protection Association. 1996
Reference 696.2 N277

National electrical code.
National Board of Fire Underwriters. 1987
Reference: 621.319 N277 1999

National fire codes : a compilation of NFPA codes, standards, recommended.
practices, manuals and guides.
National Fire Protection Association.
Reference: 628.92 N277

Fire protection handbook.
National Fire Protection Association.
Reference 628.92 F523 199

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