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Database picks

The following databases are highly recommended and provide access to information that is not freely available on the Internet

• EBSCOhost
• Emerald
• IngentaConnect
• ScienceDirect
• Standards Online (Australian Standards)
• Gale Databases
• Wiley InterScience
• Web of Knowledge

Top Trade Journals

Fire Technology

• Fire
• Fire and materials
• Fire chief
• FireEngineering.com
• Fire engineering
• Firehouse
• Fire international
• Fire management notes
• Fire management today
• Fire safety engineering
• Fire safety journal
• Fire technology
• International fire & security product news
• Journal of fire protection engineering
• Journal of fire sciences

Disaster Management

• Australasian journal of disaster and trauma studies
• Australian journal of emergency management
• Disaster management and response
• Disaster prevention and management
• Disasters
• Emergency preparedness news
• Natural hazards
• Natural hazards observer
• Terror response technology report

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

Websites - Fire Technology

• Australasian Fire Authorities Council
• Australia's Black Friday Fires
• Victoria's Black Saturday Fires
• Building and Fire Research Portal
• CFA (Country Fire Authority) - fire & emergency services to rural Victoria
• Delmar - a fire-tech publisher
• Fire and EMS Information Network - fire department links, chat rooms & bulletin-boards
• Fire on the web (NIST) - fire test data, simulations & models
• FireNet International - fire services gateway, info exchange, +online bookstore
• Firewise - minimizing fire dangers
• FPAA: Fire Protection Association Australia (USA) - fire awareness & fire protection industry
• Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services Board
• NFPA: National Fire Protection Association (USA).
• U.S. Fire Administration (USA) - statistics about firefighter casualties & fire losses

Websites - Disaster Management

• Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Consultants, research, professional developmentprofessional development, & networks
• 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
• ICUS: International Center for Urban Safety Engineering - asian floods/quakes
• Intute: science and technology : Natural Hazards
• Queensland Floods
• 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