Fire Prevention/Community Risk Reduction Pathfinder: A Guide to the Literature
This guide will introduce some of the resources available in the LRC on Community Risk Reduction and Fire Prevention Education. The various types of library materials useful in research are listed along with some examples of each type. This guide is not a comprehensive listing of sources, but is intended to be a starting point from which you can begin your research.
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Initial Background Reading 
- America Burning , National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control – Citation Full report - PDF
- Alpha to omega: the evolution in residential fire protection , by Ronny Coleman – Citation Full report - PDF (29 Mb)
- America at Risk: America Burning Recommissioned – Findings and Recommendations , US Fire Administration – Citation Full report - PDF
- Fire and Life Safety Education in US Fire Departments - Full Report - PDF
- Public Fire Education Planning : A Five Step Process Fulltext - Full Report - PDF
- Solutions 2000 - Full Report - PDF
- Fire Risk Volume 4 Issue 7 2004 l Full report - PDF
- Deaths and injuries from house fires , Istre, Gregory R. et al.. New England Journal of Medicine (June, 2001) – Citation
- U.K. prevention works: our neighbors across the pond have taken serious steps to reduce fire fatalities through public education, and they've seen serious results , Schaenman, Philip S. Fire Chief (April, 2008) – Citation
Books
- The fire chief's handbook (6th ed.) by Robert Barr et al.. (See Chapter 26 "Public Safety Education") - Citation
- Managing Fire and Rescue Services, by Dennis Compton and John Granito (See - "Comprehensive Prevention Programs." by Jim Crawford) - Citation
- Fire protection handbook (20th edition) , (See Volume 1 Section 5 - Fire and life safety education) - Citation
- Fire and Life Safety Educator, IFSTA - Citation
- Leading community risk reduction - student manual, by National Fire Academy - Citation
- Injury prevention: meeting the challenge, - Citation
- Who dies in fires in the United States, by Christopher Conley and Rita Fahy. NFPA Journal (May 1994) - Citation
Magazine Articles
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- “Marketing public fire education: a fire prevention success story: progress report on alliance of private enterprise and fire service” by May, Ben. Firehouse, March 2009, - Citation
- “Community fire prevention” by Chamberlain, Sue. Fire International, January 2002, - Citation
- “e-Government: the case of Merseyside Fire Service and Fire Service Direct” by Donnelly, Pamela. Fire Safety Technology and Management, 2005 - Citation
- “Merseyside aims training at the wider community” by Mountfield, Alan. Fire, April 1997 - Citation
- “Evaluating fire safety in older persons through home visits” by Stiles, Nancy. Journal fo the Kentucky Medical Association, March 2001 - Citation
- “Reaching those at highest risk to fires and burns: young children, older adults, and people in low-income communities” by Sharon Gamache. Injury Control and Safety Promotion, (v. 8 (3) 2001) - Citation
- “Community engagement challenge” by Anthony Prosser. Fire, (v.100 (1229), 2007) - Citation
- “A marketing strategy for fire prevention” by Ben May. Firehouse (v.31 (2) 2006) - Citation
- “Innovation drives down fire deaths” Fire, (v.101 (1309), 2008) - Citation
- “Firehouse roundtable: fire safety education & fire prevention” Firehouse, (v.33(3), 2008) - Citation
- “Guerrilla prevention: as long as we're under-funded, we must be creative” by Jim Crawford. Fire-Rescue Magazine (v.26 (1), 2008) - Citation
- “Firewise helping firefighters protect their communities: case study: Sonoita-Elgin Fire District” by Josepg DeWolf. Firehouse, (v.32(9), 2007) - Citation
- “Seniors at risk: a personal story: proactive fire departments can help the elderly cut their fire risk” by Jojy Smith. Firehouse, (v.32(6), 2007) - Citation
- “Reducing fire risks for the poor” by Brian Crawford. Fire Engineering (v.158(1), 2005) - Citation
- “Scene signs: we can do more than just respond to emergencies” by Thom Dick. Emergency Medical Services, (v.33(11), 2004) - Citation Fulltext
- “Building safe communities” by Chris Libnville. Public Risk (v.14 (9), 2000) - Citation
- Development of an education program effective for reducing the fire deaths of preschool children, by Sharon Gamache and Don Porth. - Link to article
Executive Fire Officer Program Papers
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- Developing a residential risk reduction program for the Wichita Fire Department - Citation
- Emergency preparedness guide for the citizens of Dothan - Citation
- Examining child safety seat installation in the city of Virginia Beach Fire Department - Citation
- Risk prevention: is NBFR reaching the community? - Citation
- Drowning: a preventable tragedy! - Citation
- An inspection and prevention program for multi-family dwellings in the town of Derry, New Hampshire. - Citation - Full report - PDF
- Community risk reduction through community accountability systems for the Howard Fire Department - Citation - Full report - PDF
- Defining a pre-incident planning program as a component of a community risk reduction plan - Citation - Full report - PDF
- Community risk reduction strategies: surviving cardiac arrest - Citation - Full report - PDF
- Developing a community risk reduction program - Citation - Full report - PDF
- Natural hazard mitigation and the development of an approved plan for the city of Richland, Washington - Citation - Full report - PDF
- Delivering fire and life safety education to the Hispanic community - Citation - Full report - PDF
- Fire and life safety education for the elderly - Citation - Full report - PDF
Online reports/documents/guides
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- Fire in the United States, 1995-2004 - Full report - PDF
- Improving the fire safety knowledge and practices of vulnerable groups - year one report - Full report - PDF
- Demonstrating Your Program’s Worth: A Primer on Evaluation for Programs to Prevent Unintentional Injury - Full report - PDF
- Scoping a social marketing programme for fire safety research in the community - Full report - PDF
- Safer Houses: Celebrating 20 Years of Fire Prevention in the Home- Full report - PDF
- Risk management and critical infrastructure protection - Full report - PDF
- Grand challenges for disaster reduction - Full report - PDF
- Mitigation of the Rural Fire Problem - Full report - PDF
- Reducing the risk of wildland-urban interface fires - Full report - PDF
- The Fire Risk to Older Adults - Full report - PDF
- Fire Risks for the Mobility Impaired - Full report - PDF
- The Fire Risk to Children - Full report - PDF
- Understanding Community Policing: A Framework for Action - Full report - PDF
- Public fire education planning for rural communities: a five-step process - Full report - PDF
- Global Concepts in residential fire safety: Parts I, II, III - Full reports
- Integrated risk management planning: the national document- Full report - PDF
- Final Evaluation of the Home Fire Risk Check Grant and Fire Prevention Grant Programmes – Case Studies- Full report - PDF
Organizations/Websites/Programs
Find more sites like these below by using the Custom Search Engine
- National Fire Protection Association - Link to website
- USFA for Citizens - Link to website
- Risk Watch - Link to website
- Remembering When Program - Link to website
Multimedia Resources
Find more titles like these in LRC catalog by limiting your search to document types DVD or Video
- Community Fire Protection: Common Voices with Important Safety Messages (Radio Firehouse Podcast) - Listen to Audio
- Fire prevention & public education [dvd] - Citation
- State how and where fires occur and what can be done to educate the public on fire prevention (American Heat) [dvd] - Citation
