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:
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fire/explosion chemistry
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fire safety building and engineering design
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fire testing of materials
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hazardous materials
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industrial fire safety
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disasters and emergency planning
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arson and fire investigation
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human behaviour in fires/disasters
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fire department management and operation
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firefighter training
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public fire safety education
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firefighter health and safety
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rescue work
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home fire safety
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fire risk analysis
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risk communication
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juvenile firesetters
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emergency preparedness
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INFORMATION RESOURCE MATERIALS:
- 7,500 books
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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
Recent Additions to the
Audio-Visual Resource Centre
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:
Contact us. Where possible, we do provide information packages.
Martha Murphy, Librarian 416-325-3235
Sophie Greco, Audio-Visual
Technician 416-325-3121
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