Fire Research 101

University of Waterloo Fire Risk Analysis May 26, 2014

Martha MurphyOntario Government

Agenda Fire & Building Associations/Organizations Office of the Fire Marshal University of Waterloo RefWorks Google Scholar & Citations Fire Risk Analysis Course Wiki

There’s Research Papers on Fire/Building Sites… Really!?? Engineering Laboratory

(NIST) National Research

Council (NRC) National Fire Protection

Assoc. (NFPA) Federal Emergency

Management Assoc (FEMA)

International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS)

Journal articles Research reports Conference

proceedings Fire testing videos Podcasts

National Research Council (NRC)

NRC Collection One of the largest collections of engineering,

physical & life sciences, technology, health sciences in North America

50,000+ journal titles 800,000+ conference, technical papers 2 million technical reports All languages/countries where sci/tech is

published Journals indexed in major scientific databases

National Research Council

http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/publications/index.html

NRC Publications

Can search all of NRC Pubs

National Research Council Discover Database

Use NRC Publications Archive – some available online others order through UW Library free or CISTI/Infotrieve for a fee

http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/ctrl?lang=en

National Research Council CISTI Catalogue

http://cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/cisti/catalogue/index.html

Catalogue is used to search collection at CISTI – books, technical docs etc

Can search by Division ie. Research in Construction

National Research Council CISTI Catalogue

Engineering Laboratory, National Institute Standards & Technology (NIST)

Collection of resources from the Engineering Laboratory's Fire Research Division at NIST. 

Web pages provide links to fire related software, experimental fire data and mpeg/quick time movies of fire tests that can be downloaded and/or viewed with a Web browser

Fire on the Web Engineering Laboratory

Fire on the Web Engineering Laboratory Collection of links to

fire data Links to fire simulation

videos Results of Fire

experiments at Engineering Lab

Software Models: Fire Dynamics Simulator, Fire Modeling etc.

http://www.fire.nist.gov/

Research Information ServicesEngineering Laboratory

http://www.nist.gov/el/index.cfm

FireDocBuilding Fire Research Lab

http://www.nist.gov/bfrl/firedoc.cfm

FireDoc is a collection of 80,000 building & fire documents from many sources

Bibliographic ONLY, no full text

Journal articles, conference proceedings, technical documents

Replaced by IAFSS Fire ReSearch Engine

Fire ReSearch Engine

http://www.iafss.org/fire-research-engine/

http://www.nist.gov/el/software.cfm

Engineering Laboratory Software – Fire Simulation and Research Fire research related

software developed by NIST

4 Fire analysis software programs and 12 archival

Building analysis software programs

Full descriptions and terms of use provided Choose Fire

Simulation

NewslettersEngineering Laboratory Fire.Gov newsletter

and website for the fire service - training, firefighting gear, fire investigation

EL Newsletter– news on NISTactivities

http://www.nist.gov/el/newsletter.cfm

http://www.nist.gov/fire/index.cfm

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

NFPA Homepage World’s leading advocate

of fire prevention and an authoritative source of public safety

Codes & Standards -Over 300

Research – fire investigation, technical reports

Quick Links – Fire Service – Blogs, Podcasts, Reports

http://www.nfpa.org

NFPA - Research Fire Statistics Fire Reports Fire Investigations Library Fire Protection

Foundation Members have access

to all full-text docs, non-members abstract only

http://www.nfpa.org/research

NFPA Research – Fire Reports

http://www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics

NFPA Fire Investigation Reports

http://www.nfpa.org/research/fire-investigations

NFPA Fire Codes

http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=124&URL=Codes%20&%20Standards

Search codes – basic info provided

National Codes Subscription Service – full access to 300+ codes online ($$$)

Online subscribers have access to new codes in development

New** Historic Codes can now be purchased in .pdf

U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency

US Fire Administration Provides leadership to

fire & emergency stakeholders in prevention, preparedness and response

Over 400 publications Topical Fire Research

Series Fire Statistics

http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/index.shtm

USFA – Learning Resource Centre

US Fire Administration documents available

Current awareness news for fire & emergency in US

http://www.lrc.fema.gov/

National Institute for Occupational Health & Safety (NIOSH)

National Institute for Occupational Health & Safety (NIOSH) Firefighter Fatality &

Investigation reports (fulltext online)

Emergency Response resources – PPE, Terrorism, Diaster, Storm/Flood

Chemical Hazards

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/emergency.html

Justice Institute of B.C. Library (JIBC) Post-Secondary Education

for first responders, public safety and justice

Access Library catalogue and databases (use unrestricted ones)

Fire Articles Database -64,000 articles on fire & emergency

Can borrow from their collection :arrange Inter- Library Loan thru University of Waterloo Library

http://www.jibc.ca/library

Fire Database http://jilibrary.jibc.bc.ca/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/x/0/57/49?user_id=FIREWEB

Additional Research Insititutions

British Fire Research Station, UKhttp://www.bre.co.uk/

Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology, Denmark http://en.dbi-net.dk/

University of Greenwich, UKFire Safety Engineering Group

(FSEG)http://fseg.gre.ac.uk/

SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden

http://www.sp.se/en/areas/fireprotection/Sidor/default.aspx

National Firefighter Near – Miss Reporting System http://www.firefighternearmiss.com/

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

http://www.vtt.fi/?lang=en

Carleton University, Canadahttp://www.carleton.ca/

Oklahoma State University,UShttp://www.vpr.okstate.edu/

WPI Fire Protection Engineeringhttp://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Fire/index.html

University of Maryland, UShttp://www.enfp.umd.edu/

Lund University - Swedenhttp://www.lub.lu.se/en.html

University of Waterloo Libraries Library Catalogue TRELLIS (use Davis Library)

Books, Reference, Guides, Reports E-Journals (full-text) Databases (full-text) Bibliographic Citation Tool RefWorks Government Information Statistics Newspapers Ask a Librarian (Chat online..Brilliant!)

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/

Waterloo Library– Fire Research

http://subjectguides.uwaterloo.ca/

Choose Fire Research

Waterloo Library– Fire Research

Rachel McNeil , Librarian for Engineering resources

Login to databases

http://subjectguides.uwaterloo.ca/fire

University of Waterloo: Libraries

Databases for Mechanical Engineering similar for Civil/Chemical databases

Online access to full text journal articles, conference papers, technical reports

Login with UW student card

URL: http://subjectguides.uwaterloo.ca/fire

Compendex Database Compendex is the most comprehensive

bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines.

It includes millions of bibliographic citations and abstracts from thousands of engineering journals and conference proceedings.

When combined with the Engineering Index Backfile (1884-1969), Compendex covers well over 120 years of core engineering literature.

Compendex Database

Scopus Scopus is the largest abstract and citation

database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.

Quick, easy and comprehensive, Scopus provides superior support of the literature research process.

Scopus

Scopus – Results

Citation Analysis

Web of Science Collection of indexes to the literature of the arts

& humanities, the social sciences, as well as the sciences.

The Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI) fully covers over 5,700 journals in the medical, physical and natural sciences, and engineering (approximately 2000 more titles than the print or CD-ROM version) and is updated with 16,000 new records every week. The entire database extends back to 1899. Journal list

Web of Science – Author Search

Can limit by Author, Publication or topic

Also Limit by year, by Index – choose Science Citation or Conference Proceedings

Web of Science

E-Journals Fire Technology

http://sfx.scholarsportal.info/waterloo/az

Choose journal by title Links take you to

publisher site Read full-text article

online, create a pdf Create alerts – journal

title or by subject area Eg. List of “fire”

related journals

e-Journal Fire Technology

Read online, search within journal, bookmark article, set up alerts!

RefWorks Citation Builder

Online collaboration tool to build your bibliography or citation list

Create an account in RefWorks – UW Library site

http://subjectguides.uwaterloo.ca/refworks

RefWorks – Input Manually

RefWorks – Upload Directly

Add content directly from UW TRELLIS catalogue

Add content directly from e-Journals or Databases ie. Compendex database

Waterloo – Subject Expert!

http://subjectguides.uwaterloo.ca/profile.php?uid=48367

Google Scholar

Search for Free Scholarly research Articles, books,

theses, reports Scientific publishers Use Citation analysis

feature

Google Scholar Preferences

Add a library and Google Scholar will include in its search!

Google Scholar

Google Scholar Results

Related articles

Cited by for more

Office of the Fire Marshal

Fire Code via eLaws Technical Guidelines OFM eBulletin Fire Statistics Fire Safety

Publications Library Resources

http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/FireMarshal/OFM_main.html

Fire Statistics - Ontario The Office of the Fire Marshal has an

historical database which contains reports filed by fire departments on every fire call

Municipal fire departments report to the OFM on every call they attend (fires and non fires). This data is in a database that goes back to 1983.

This data can be viewed in many ways - by province, by municipality, over time, at specific types of occupancies, ignition sources, and even by injuries or fatalities.

Summaries can be provided on Ontario loss fires, fires with a reported injury, fatality or dollar loss, for the fire year period from 2008 to 2012

The OFM has done several multi year studies on why, when and where of Ontario fires

http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/FireMarshal/MediaRelationsandResources/FireStatistics/fire_stats.html

Fire News – Media Monitoring

http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/FireMarshal/Library/FireNews/TodaysFireNews/Library_FN.html

FireChat – Social Media Sites

http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/FireMarshal/Library/FireNews/FireChat/Library_chat.html

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

NFPA RSS & Podcast Feeds

http://www.nfpa.org/newsandpublications/rss-feeds

Subscribe via RSS

Course Wiki

http://fireresources.pbworks.com/

Resource Links Fire Risk Analysis Wiki

http://fireresources.pbworks.com/ Links to sites discussed in presentation

PowerPoint Presentation available on Wiki Martha Murphy, Head Librarian

martha.murphy@wst.gov.on.ca; 416-314-8957 Sophie Greco, AV Specialist at OFM sophie.greco@ontario.ca ; 416-325-3121 Rachel McNeil, UW Library Contact

rmcneil@uwaterloo.ca; 519-888-4567 x32648

Thank you

Questions? Answers?