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Gemstone Team:
Future Firefighting Advancements (FFA)

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• Call Numbers

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  Topic	Call Numbers	Location
  Fire fighters	HD8039.F5 F57	McKeldin, EPSL
  Fire resistant materials	TH1065	EPSL
  Fire prevention	TH9111-TH9599	EPSL
  Fireproofing (Fabrics)	TP267	McKeldin, EPSL

• Keywords

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  Fire fighters

  Fireproofing and fabrics

  Fireproofing and agents

  Flame resistant

• Subjects

  Try browsing the following relevant subjects to find more resources:

  Fireproofing of fabrics -- Patents

  Fire prevention

  Fire fighters -- Death

  Fire fighters -- Handbooks, manuals, etc

  Fire investigation -- Case studies

  Fire fighters -- Mortality -- United States -- Statistics

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Books

• Fire resistant textiles handbook by W.A. Reeves, G.L. Drake, Jr., R.M. Perkins.
  LOCATION: EPSL Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: TP267.R42

• Textile flammability : current and future issues : papers presented at the Textile flammability: current and future issues conference, 30-31 March 1999. Manchester, UK : Textile Institute, c1999.
  LOCATION: EPSL Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: TP267 .T46

• Encyclopedia of fire protection / Dennis P. Nolan.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TH9116 .N65 2006

• Fire safety management handbook / Ron Miller.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TH9145 .M55 2006

• The firefighter’s handbook : essentials of firefighting and emergency response. 2nd ed., Clifton Park, NY : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2004.
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TH9151 .F458 2004

• Fire protection handbook. Boston, Mass. : National Fire Protection Association,
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TH9150 .F47 2008

• Encyclopedia of Fire by David E. Newton
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TP265 .N48 2002

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Journals

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Databases

• Academic Search Premier

  "Provides abstracts and indexing for over 7,000 journals. Full text of articles for over 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications. This database includes such multidisciplinary subjects as: social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linquistics, arts & literature, medicine, ethnic studies." Coverage extends from 1965 to present.

• Compendex

  "Engineering Village 2 is a Web-based information service that offers a wide range of quality resources for information specialists, professionals, and researchers working in the applied science and engineering fields. It is a comprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database with engineering journals, conference materials, Physics Abstracts, Electrical & Electronics Abstracts and Computer & Control Abstracts." Compendex is updated weekly and coverage extends from 1970 to present.

• IEEE Xplore

  "Provides full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE Standards." This database covers computer engineering, biomedical technology, telecommunications, electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics, and more. Coverage extends from 1988 to the present.

• NTIS

  "Covers U.S. government-sponsored research and reports from federal agencies. NTIS is the central source for the sale of unclassified and publicly available information from federal sources. Indexes and abstracts technical research reports, journal articles, data files, computer programs and audio-visual products.Information is also available from some foreign governments. Additionally, NTIS includes some technical reports from international agencies such as NATO and AGARD." Coverage extends from 1964 to the present.

• Science Direct

  "Provides abstracts and indexing for more than 1800 journals. Full text of more than 800 journals is available to USMAI institutions. Some articles are in languages other than english." Science Direct covers the physical and biological sciences.

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Web Resources

Fire on the Web
http://fire.nist.gov/
Resources to fire related software, experimental fire data and mpeg/quick time movies of fire tests from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Fire Research Information Service
http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/fris/
Clearinghouse of information on fire research.

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

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