Library Resources

The BC Library Media Center has a number of books and resources available related to Fire Science.

Fire Fighters: Careers, Exams, Standards, Certification

Company officer by Clinton H. Smoke
Call no.: TH9119.S65.1998
Firefighter exams by James J. Murtagh
Call no.: TH9157.M87
Going for gold: pursuing and assuming the job of fire chief
Call no.: TH9119.C6496.1999
Rookie year, with a foreword by James M. Shannon
Call no.: TH9119.R66.2003
Standard for professional qualifications for fire investigator
National Fire Protection Association
Call no.: TH9180.N385.1998

Encyclopedia of fire protection by Dennis P. Nolan
Call no.: TH9116.N65.2001
Fire prevention: inspection and code enforcement by David Diamantes
Call no.: TH9176.D53.2003
Fire protection: design criteria, options, selection by J. Walter Coon
Call no.: TH9145.C66.1991
Fire protection handbook edited by John R. Hall et al
Call no.: REF TH9150.F47.2003
Introduction to fire protection by Robert W. Klinoff
Call no.: TH9241.K55.2003
Life Safety Code handbook edited by Ron Cote
Call no.: REF TH9445.P8L53.2003

Essentials of fire fighting edited by Richard Hall & Barbara Adams
Call no.: TH9151.E88.1998
Fire department hydraulics by Eugene Mahoney
Call no.: TH9311.M33.2004
Fire officer’s handbook of tactics by John Norman
Call no.: TH9145.N59.1998
Firefighter’s handbook: essentials of firefighting & emergency response
Call no.: TH9151.F49.2000
Firefighting: basic skills & techniques by Mike Ertel & Gregory C. Berk
Call no.: TH9310.5.E78.1998
Firefighting strategies & tactics by James Angle et al.
Call no.: TH9145.F55.2001
Managing major fires by John F. Coleman
Call no.: TH9310.8.C65.2001
Principles of fire behavior by James G. Quintiere
Call no.: TH9448.Q55.1998
Strategic & tactical considerations on the fireground by James P. Smith
Call no.: TH9310.S65.2002
Structural fire fighting by Bernard J. Klaene & Russell E. Sanders
Call no.: TH9310.5.K58.2000

Accidental or incendiary by Richard D. Fitch & Edward A. Porter
Call no.: TH9810.F5
Forensic fire scene reconstruction by David J. Icove & John D. DeHaan
Call no.: TH9180.I26.2004
Investigation of motor vehicle fires by Lee S. Cole
Call no.: TL241.C689.2001
Kirk’s fire investigation by Paul Leland Kirk
Call no.: TH9180.K5.2002
Practical fire & arson investigation by David R. Redsicker & John J. O’Connor
Call no.: HV8079.A7O27.1997

Design of special hazard & fire alarm systems by Robert M. Gagnon
Call no.: TH9362.G34.1998

Fire chief’s handbook edited by Robert C. Barr & John M. Eversole
Call no.: TH9151.F457.2003
Fire department strategic planning: creating future excellence by Mark Wallace
Call no.: TH9158.W35.1998
Managing fire and rescue services edited by Dennis Compton & John Granito
Call no.: H9145.M253.2002
Standard operating procedures & guidelines by John Lee Cook, Jr.
Call no.: TH9158.C66.1998

(Washington State) Fire service directory
Call no.: REF TH9505.W2F5 (2004)