Library
Guides: Fire Technology
Instructor Larry Garcia
Developed by Connie Fly and Kathie Lewis
The address for this web page is:
http://www.cos.edu/library/firetechnology.htm
or
http://www.cos.edu/library/firetechnology.htm
Electronic Databases:
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InfoTrac: InfoTrac is a company that provides articles
from scholarly, trade, and general interest periodicals. This database can
be reached through the COS Library Electronic Resources
Web Page from any computer that has
Internet access if you have the login. This database is for COS
students only. The login will be provided in class or can be obtained
by calling the COS Information Desk at 730-3824.
Books - There are two
fire technology books on Reserve at the COS Library
Circulation Counter. These can be checked out for one hour.
- "Introduction to Fire Protection" - Reserve 363.37 K65
- "Fire Protection Systems : Inspection, Test & Maintenance Manual" -
Reserve 628.9 C321
Internet Sites - ***Many
web sites especially government require that Adobe Acrobat
Reader Software is loaded on your computer in order to view and/or print the
document. This format is referred to as .pdf which stands for portable
document format. If your home or office computer does
not have this software you can download it
free of charge from the Adobe Web Site at:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
Key Sites
- California Office of the
State Fire Marshall - Use the search engine for this site and locate
handbooks, manuals and other documents relating to your topic.
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California Laws Relating to Fire and Firefighters - California Laws Relating
to Fires and Firefighters is an index, containing hyperlinks to the California
Laws web page at
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov. This document has been designed to present only
those laws and regulations, or portions thereof, which pertain more or less
directly to fires and firefighters in California. As such, this document
should only be used as a quick reference. For full and current text, meaning
and proper context of laws and regulations, reference should be made to
applicable codes, manuals, directives, etc.
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California Code of Regulations -
Click on the California Code of Regulations link in the upper left corner
under Infobases available. Title 19 will be especially useful.
- CDF: California
Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
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City of Visalia
Fire Department
- City of Visalia Official Web Site -
Click on Municipal Codes from the menu on the left. Use its site search capabilities to bring up specific codes having to do with
fire topics.
- Fire Research
Information Services - This web site contains about 3000 document abstracts
and complete publications produced by or for BFRL staff since 1993 and a
selected number of documents published since 1978. Click on
Keywords then in the alphabet
click on the letter "F" to see
a list of subjects on Fire.
- U.S. Dept. of
Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) : Fire Safety
- How Stuff Works -
Provides step by step descriptions usually with pictures and diagrams on a
multitude of topics. Type your key words in its search box and press go.
NFIRS National Fire Incident Reporting
System
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Operation Code
Comparison Final Report April 2003 - A comparison of adopted provisions of
the CBC and CFC with the provisions in the IBC, NFPA 5000 and NFPA 1.
Includes Occupancies A, E, H, I, R-1,2,6 Daycare, Highrise, Fixed Gateway
Transit Systems, Stages & Platforms, Smoke Control Systems, Atria, Fire
Extinguishing Systems, and the Fire Code.
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NFIRS National Fire Incident Reporting System Version 5.0 Quick Reference Guide
July 25, 2002
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NFIRS National Fire Incident Reporting System Version 5.0 Design Documentation
Release 2002.4, July 2002
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NFIRS National
Fire Incident Reporting System Handbook Version 5.0 January 1999
Miscellaneous
You are Visitor:
This page was created September 02, 2003.
This page was last updated:
February 05, 2008
For questions and comments, please mail to:
connief@cos.edu
