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Fire technology and disaster management
Database picks
The following databases are highly recommended and provide access to information that is not freely available on the Internet
- EBSCOhost
- Emerald
- Ingenta Connect
- ScienceDirect
- Australian Standards
- Gale Databases
- Wiley Interscience
- Web of Knowledge
Top Trade Journals
Ebooks
Best Fire Technology & Disaster Management eBook databases are:
- Books 24x7 (contains a handful of fulltext online books for Disaster Management)
- EBL Ebook Library (contains many fulltext online books for both Fire Technology & Disaster Management)
- Knovel (contains many fulltext online books for both Fire Technology & Disaster Management)
- Wiley ebooks (contains several Fire related online books but not all have free fulltext)
- EngNetBase (contains a couple of full text Fire Technology books)
Other Resources
Use these subject keywords in the Library catalogue for best results:
- Fire extinction
- Fire fighters
- Fire investigation
- Fire prevention
- Disaster relief
- Emergency management
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Websites - Fire Technology
- Australasian Fire Authorities Council
- Australia's Black Friday Fires
- Building and Fire Research Laboratory
- CFA (Country Fire Authority) - fire & emergency services to rural Victoria
- Fire and EMS Information Network - fire department links, chat rooms & bulletin-boards
- Fire on the web (NIST) - fire test data, simulations & models
- Fire Protection Association Australia ( FPAA) - fire awareness & fire protection industry
- Firescience.com - fire sites recommended by Delmar (a fire-tech publisher)
- FireNet International - fire services gateway, info exchange, +online bookstore
- Firewise - minimizing fire dangers
- Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
- National Fire Data Center (USA) - statistics about firefighter casualties & fire losses
Websites - Disaster Management
- Swinburne International Disaster Management Centre
- Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Consultants, research, professional developmentprofessional development, & networks
- Australian Disaster Information Network (AusDIN) - links to emergency management organisations in every state
- Center of Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance Training & research for Asia-Pacific operations +discussion lists & e-journals & disaster links
- The Disaster Finder Keyword search 100's of disaster sites (also has remote satellite images of disasters)
- DERA Web Links: The Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Response Association International -disaster preparedness/response help for governments, business, researchers & volunteers.
- EMA: Emergency Management Australia Training/conferences, grants/research, policy, & school resources (EMA Library has a Emergency Management weblinks page)
- FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency -preparedness tips, fact sheets, +FEMA library catalogue
- IAEM: International Association of Emergency Managers - emergency news & links
- INCEDE: International Center for Disaster-mitigation Engineering -asian floods/quakes
- Intute: science and technology : Natural Hazards
- Quick response reports (Uni of Colorado Natural Harards Center)
- United Nations disaster sites include OCHA UNISDR & ReliefWeb
- Victoria State Emergency Service - also provides links to emergency services by state
Subject Guide author: Sue Foster (sfoster@swin.edu.au)
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