Wildfires
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The following guide provides Web site links, a list of selected
books, and access to online periodical articles about this subject.
The Web site links have been researched, evaluated, and annotated by
Rio Hondo College Librarians. The Librarians have specifically
selected these Web sites to meet the research needs of Rio Hondo
College students
Web Site Links
FEMA :
Wildfires http://www.fema.gov/hazard/wildfire/index.shtm
Sponsored by the Federal Emergency Measures Administration, the FEMA
site is devoted to wildfires and is mainly concerned with preventative
measures. It also includes a fact sheet and backgrounder on wild
land fires.
Fire
Behavior Associated with the 1994 South Canyon Fire on Storm
King Mountain, Colorado http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_rp009.html
1998 U.S. Forest Service research paper.
Howstuffworks :
How Wildfires work http://science.howstuffworks.com/wildfire.htm
Describes how wildfires are started and perpetuate themselves.
Also contains statistics on wildfires. Elementary
information geared toward children, as well as adults.
Explains how geography and weather influence fire.
InciWeb - Wildland Fire and incident
Information System
http://www.inciweb.org
Provides current and timely information to the public
concerning wild land fire incidents throughout the US.
Date is contributed in real time from various US federal and
state agencies, including: US Forest Service, Bureau of Land
Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Fish and Wildlife
Service, National Park Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, and the National Association of State Foresters.
Mann Gulch Fire : A Race That Couldn't Be Won
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_int/int_gtr299.html
1993 U.S. Forest Service report on the Mann Gulch Fire of
August, 1949.
National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC)
http://www.nifc.gov/
NIFC serves as the support center for wild land firefighting in
the US, coordinating the flow of information and resources
between its eight member agencies. These organizations
include: the US Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management,
the National Weather Service, the National Park Service, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Old & Grand Prix Fires, October 2003
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sanbernardino/fire/oldfire.shtml
U.S. Forest Service report on the recent wildfires in and around
the San Bernardino National Forest.
South Canyon
Fire Investigation http://coloradofirecamp.com/south-canyon-fire/summary-authors.htm
Executive summary from the accident investigation team report of
August 1994.
UNEP (United
Nations Environment Programme)
http://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/earlywarning/fires/index.php
Provides real-time information about current fires, their status
and early warning, including satellite images of hotspots around
the world. Has links to NASA Earth Observatory and the
Global Fire Monitoring Center.
Books
The following books can be located in the
Rio Hondo College Library.
Forest fires : a reference handbook
(Contemporary world issues)
Call number: Ref SD421.O64 2005
Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the
following Library of Congress subject headings:
Articles
The Rio Hondo College Library
provides online access to full-text articles through our
online databases
- http://library.riohondo.edu/online_databases/index.htm. Please note: you must be a Rio Hondo College
student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.
The 5 sample searches
below are from the
ProQuest database.
Use Advanced Search
and type each tern in a separate box:
SU(forest &
brush fires) (scholarly journals)
SU(forest and brush fires)
SU(forest & brush fires) AND GEO(california)
SU(forest & brush fires) AND GEO(southern california)
SU(forest & brush fires) AND SU(fire prevention)
Researched and evaluated by:
S. Wells, Librarian 1/2004
last update: D. Yashar, Librarian 4/2009