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Fire Administration and Fire Science: Fire Science Web Resources

Fire Science Web Resources

This provides training, education, and management information for fire and emergency services personnel.  Articles are written by experts in the fire service and focus on lessons-learned.  The CSU Library has full-text access to Fire Engineering magazine in the library databases.

Firehouse.com is a commercial website which contains information for members of the fire fighting community and emergency medical services industries. The CSU Library has full-text access to Firehouse.com magazine in the library databases.

Begun in 2013, the Firefighter Safety Through Advanced Research (FSTAR) program is dedicated to advancing firefighter safety.  The information included here cover all aspects of the fire service, including operations, health and wellness, and fire prevention.

This is a section of the NFPA that provides statistics and reports on loss of life and property from fires. It also produces reports on the overall fire problems found in the U.S., firefighter fatalities and injuries in the United States, major fire causes, fire protection systems, and more.

The NFHC is a fire history archive and a documentation preservation project created due to a "need to collect, preserve, and provide access to the historical records of the fire service/fire protection disciplines in the United States" determined by the USFA.  

ResponderHelp.com contains over 2500 resources including the following:

  • National Fire Academic Executive Fire Officer 4.0 papers
  • USFA materials
  • National Fallen Firefighters Life Safety Initiatives and their resources
  • VFIS peer-reviewed SOGs, training programs, articles, posters, and infographics
  • NIOSH LODD/LODI investigators dating back to 2007
  • IFSTA training resources
  • Volunteer and Combination Officers Section reports
  • Research in fire and EMS subject areas