Fire Sciences Library & Audio-Visual Resource Centre

Office of the Fire Marshal
Place Nouveau Building
5775 Yonge St., 7th floor
Toronto ON M2M 4J1
Canada
Library: (416) 325-3235 or AVRC (416 ) 325-3121
(416) 325-3213 (fax)
firesciences.information@ofm.ca

Please remember to give your email address, mailing address, phone number and fax number.

SERVICE HOURS:

Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.

We suggest that you drop by the library if you are located in the Toronto area.

SUBJECT AREAS:

fire/explosion chemistry	fire safety building and engineering design
fire testing of materials	hazardous materials
industrial fire safety	disasters and emergency planning
arson and fire investigation	human behaviour in fires/disasters
fire department management and operation	firefighter training
public fire safety education	firefighter health and safety
rescue work	home fire safety
fire risk analysis	risk communication
juvenile firesetters	emergency preparedness

INFORMATION RESOURCE MATERIALS:

7,500 books
1,700 audiovisual resource materials (for firefighter training and public fire safety education)
videocassettes, audiocassettes, slides, transparencies, CD-ROMs
1,900 standards
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards (several years), Canadian Standards Association (CSA), Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada (ULC), American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and other fire-related standards
1,100 technical reports
National Research Council of Canada, U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.K. Building Research Establishment, and the Society of Fire Protection Engineers

Plus building and fire codes, legislation, magazines, and newspaper clippings

New Resources for 2009: January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August-September | October

LOAN OF MATERIALS:

Books and technical reports may be borrowed directly by residents of Ontario and by inFIRE libraries. Standards, journals and periodicals, statutes and regulations, reference collection materials, vertical files, and resources in electronic format may not be borrowed but may be consulted in the library. Students may borrow resources by interlibrary loan through their educational institution's library. New clients must fill out the Loan Policy Form (PDF) or Loan Policy Form (HTML) and to fax it to (416) 325-3213.

The availability of materials in no way constitutes an endorsement of the content of these materials by the Office of the Fire Marshal.

REFERENCE SERVICE:

Martha Murphy, Librarian 416-325-3235 Sophie Greco, Audio-Visual Technician 416-325-3121