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LIBRARY CATALOG
Our library catalog provides you with
a subject, author, title and keyword approach
to books, videos and audios. Connect
with our catalog by using the following address: http://saclibrary.sac.edu/
PERIODICAL INDEXES
Academic
Search
Subject and keyword approach to articles from over 3,000
interdisciplinary magazines and journals. Provides summaries for all
articles indexed, "full-text" for many, with print, download
and e-mail capabilities.
FEMA
Learning Resource Center
Index to journal articles (bibliographic access only, not a full-text
database). Click on "Search Card Catalog" to begin. Search by
subject or free-text, and limit by document type, ex:
journal articles.
Check our holdings list of fire technology journals to see if we
subscribe to the journal you desire.
FIRE TECHNOLOGY WWW SITE
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GENERAL
"Virtual reference"
library resources developed and maintained by
the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association).
Great link to many sites for the
fire, firefighting and EMS industry. Provides
access to an international directory of fire departments on the WWW,
and links to government agencies,
companies, associations, unions and
other information of interest to those in this field.
A compilation of fire-related
web sites recommended by Delmar, a
major vocational/technical publisher. Web
sites are arranged by categories: associations, education,
EMS/paramedics, firefighting,
govt. resources, hazmat, newsgroups, etc..
ASSOCIATIONS
Links to hundreds of unions and organizations
related to Fire and EMS Services.
An annotated list of fire-related associations compiled by Delmar, a
major vocational/technical publisher.
CAREER / EMPLOYMENT
Search by keyword and enter fire fighter,
enter the zip code, select the state desired, or
expand to a national search by clicking on "more location options".
Labor market information for the
State of California.
Access to employment
opportunities.
The Bureau of Labor
Statistics' occupational description for fire fighters, covering
nature of work, working conditions, employment, training,
qualifications, advancement,
job outlook, earnings, etc...
- DISASTERS
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- Sponsored by the National
Interagency Fire Center, this site provides locations,
acres involved, estimated
containment, and general comments on wildland fires. Also
includes large fire maps for all regions of the United States,
links to national fire weather
forecasts, and provides up-to-date wildfire statistics.
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- USFA technical reports on selected
major fires from across the country. The
fires usually involve multiple deaths or a large loss of property,
but the primary reason for the
incidents being included on these reports is "significant
lessons learned". Our Library owns many of these
publications, check our
Library catalog in the ADVANCED SEARCH as "keyword anywhere" option and enter:
"united states fire
administration series" to
display the titles we own in this series. If you wish
to own a personal copy of the publication you may download the
document or order a
free paper copy from the website.
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- Links to "over 9,000 Fire-EMS
Department websites from around the world!"
- USFA technical reports on selected
major fires from across the country. The
fires usually involve multiple deaths or a large loss of property,
but the primary reason for the
incidents being included on these reports is "significant
lessons learned". Our Library owns many of these
publications, check our
Library catalog in the ADVANCED SEARCH as "keyword anywhere" option and enter:
"united states fire
administration series" to
display the titles we own in this series. If you wish
to own a personal copy of the publication you may download the
document or order a
free paper copy from the website.
- HISTORY
OF FIRE PROTECTION
- LEGISLATION
- Brief outline of Federal
Fire Programs.
- "Contains over 2,300 document
abstracts and complete publications produced
by or for the BFRL staff since 1993". For
best results, unless you know the author or title of a
publication, select the
"keyword" option and then select the first letter of the
term(s) you desire.
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- Browse USFA publications by
subject or media type. Remember our college library owns
many of the publications. Check our library catalog
to see if we own the document you
desire. If you wish to own a
personal copy of the publication, download document when
available electronically or order a free paper copy (if not
needed immediately).
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- Search for new USFA
publications by title. Download
document when available electronically or
order a free paper copy (if not needed immediately).
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- Full-text technical reports on
selected major fires from across the country. The
fires usually involve multiple deaths or a large loss of property,
but the primary reason for the
incidents being included on these reports is "significant
lessons learned". Our Library owns many of these
publications. Check our
Library catalog to see what we have available. If
you wish a personal copy of the publication, you may download the
document or order a free
paper copy (if not needed immediately).
- The National Fire Center provides
statistics and data about firefighter
casualties and fatalities, fires and fire losses, and accesses the
Firefighter Fatality Database, the
NFIRS Fire Loss Reports, and Fire
in the United States, 11th
edition, 1987-1996.
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- Designed for the use of students,
faculty and staff of Santa
Ana College's Fire Technology Program, this
Pathfinder will assist users in locating fire-related library
resources.
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