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All BC Fire Fighters and all students (local and distant) enrolled in a JIBC Program have access to the JIBC Library. Here are some highlights of the resources and services available:

  • Access to our online catalogue to find books, DVDs, videos and audio-CDs
  • Borrow books, DVDs, videos and audio-CDs for 4 weeks
  • Free mail delivery for those who cannot get to the New Westminster campus
  • Receive a prepaid Canada Post mailing label to return books to us (you pay to return DVDs/videos)
  • Bibliographies list JIBC Library material on popular topics such as:
    • Firefighting Basics
    • Juvenile Firesetting
    • Public Fire Education
    • Vehicle Extrication
    • Wildland Fires
    • and more!

  • Subject Guides prepared by JIBC Librarians help you start your research – topics include:
    • Conflict Resolution
    • Fire Officers
    • Leadership and more

Free Online Resources:

Several Fire databases provide references to journal articles and reports.
If full-text is not available online, JIBC Library will mail to you (no charge)

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All JIBC students and instructors have access to many licensed online resources. Access to these resources requires a User ID and Password available from the JIBC Library.
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  • Full-text access to NFPA Fire Codes, BC Fire Code, BC Building Code
  • Full-text access to many journal articles

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If you can’t find what you are looking for, contact us and we’ll help you out….

BCFTOA Collection

Books purchased with funds generously donated by the British Columbia Fire Training Officer’s Association.

Added 2009

Aircraft rescue and fire fighting

validated by the International Fire Service Training Association.
Stillwater, Okla: Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University, 2008.
TH 9445 A5 A36 2008

Automotive fire analysis: an engineering approach

Gregory J. Barnett.
Tucson, AZ: Lawyers and Judges Pub. Co., c2008.
TL 241 B37 2008

Confined space entry and rescue manual

CMC Rescue, Inc.
Santa Barbara, Calif.: CMC Rescue, Inc., 2007.
TH 9402 C657 2007

The engine company / John Salka.

Tulsa, Okla.: PenWell Corp., c2009.
TH 9158 S245 2009

Fire behavior and combustion processes

Raymond Shackelford.
Clifton Park, N.Y: Delmar, Cengage Learning, c2009.
TP 265 S524 2009

Fire chief’s guide to administration and management

Richard A. Marinucci.
Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009.
TH 9158 M37 2009

Fire protection systems

A. Maurice Jones, Jr.
Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning, c2009.
TH 9245 J66 2009

Fireground strategies

Anthony Avillo.
Tulsa, Okla: PennWell, c2008.
TH 9145 A97 2008

Get firefighter fit : the complete workout from the former director of the New York City Fire Department physical training program

Kevin S. Malley ; David K. Spierer ; photographs by William Wittkop.
Berkley, CA: Ulysses Press, c2008.
TH 9128 M35 2008

Hazardous materials: awareness and operations

IAFC, NFPA, Rob Schnepp.
Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2009.
T 55.3 H3 S364 2009

Incident command system (ICS) model procedures guide for incidents involving structural fire fighting, high-rise, multi-casualty, highway, and managing large-scale incidents using NIMS-ICS : book 1

prepared by the National Incident Management System Consortium Model Procedures
Committee.
Stillwater, OK: Fire Protection Publications, c2007.
TH 9310.8 I535 2007

Introduction to fire prevention

ames C. Robertson.
Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Brady/Pearson, c2010.
TH 9145 R55 2010

Air management for the fire service

Mike Gagliano … [et al.].
Tulsa, Okla.: PennWell, 2008.
TH 9310.5 A47 2008

Assessment center strategy and tactics

Michael Terpak.
Tulsa, OK: PennWell, 2008.
TH 9157 T47 2008

The behavior of glass and other materials exposed to fire

edited by Paul R. DeCicco.
Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub. Co, c2002.
TH 9446.5 G55 B45 2002

Chemistry of hazardous materials

Eugene Meyer.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, c2005
TH 9446 H38 M48 2004

Chief fire officer’s desk reference

general editor, John M. Buckman, III.
Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2005.
TH 9158 B83 2005

Chief officer

written by Fred Stowell; validated by the International Fire Service Training Association.
Stillwater, OK : Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University, 2004
TH 9145 C49 2004

Command and control : ICS, strategy development, and tactical selections

Robert Murgallis, Burton W. Phelps ; edited by John Joerschke.
Stillwater, Okla. : Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University, [2002]
TH 9310.8 M87 2002

Command and control 2 : ICS, strategy development, and tactical selections

Robert Murgallis, Burton W. Phelps ; edited by John Joerschke.

Stillwater, Okla. : Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University, 2004
TH 9310.8 M872 2004

The company officer

Clinton H. Smoke.
Clifton Park, NY : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2005.
TH 9119 S65 2005

Critical incident stress management CISM : a new era and standard of care in crisis intervention

by George S. Everly and Jeffrey Mitchell. –
Ellicott City, Md. : Chevron, 1999
RA 645.5 A665 1999

The economics of fire protection

G. Ramachandran.
London, England : E & FN Spon, c1998.
TH 9120 R35 1998

Emergency response handbook for chemical and biological agents and weapons

John R. Cashman.
Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2008.
T 55.3 H3 C377 2008

Evacuation from fires

edited by Paul R. DeCicco.
Amityville, N.Y. : Baywood Pub. Co., c2002.
TH 9410 E93 2002

Fire administration I

Randy R. Bruegman.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson / Prentice Hall c2009.
TH 9158 B784 2008

Fire and emergency services administration : management and leadership practices

L. Charles Smeby.
Sudbury, MA : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2006.
TH 9158 S64 2006

Fire command workbook to fire command

Alan V. Brunacini and Terry Garrison.
Quincy, Ma. : National Fire Protection Association, 2002
TH 9310.5 B785 2002

Fire debris analysis

Eric Stauffer, Julia A. Dolan, Reta Newman ; with a foreword by John D. DeHaan ; with a contribution by P. Mark L. Sandercock.
Boston, Mass. : Academic Press, c2008.
TH 9180 S738 2008

Fire department hydraulics

Eugene Mahoney, Brent E. Hannig.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008, c2009.
TH 9311 M33 2008

Fire department pumping apparatus maintenance

by Don Henry.
Stillwater, Okla. : Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University, [2003]
TH 9363 H46 2003

Fire department strategic planning : creating future excellence

Mark Wallace. –
Tulsa, OK : PennWell Corporation, c2006.
TH 9158 W35 2006

Fire following earthquake

edited by Charles Scawthorn, John M. Eidinger, Anshel J. Schiff.
[Reston, Va.?] : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2005.
TA 654.6 F565 2005

Fire officer : principles and practice

International Association of Fire Chiefs, National Fire Protection Association.
Sudbury, Mass. ; Mississauga, Ont. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2006.
TH 9119 F568 2006

Fire prevention : a comprehensive approach

Jim Crawford.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2002.
TH 9145 C73 2002

Fire protection of storage facilities

Jane I. Lataille, editor.
Quincy, Mass. : National Fire Protection Association, c2004.
TH 9245 F577 2004

Fire protection systems for special hazards

David R. Hague, editor.
Quincy, Mass. : National Fire Protection Association, c2004.
TH 9245 F576 2004

Firefighter oral exam study guide

by Arthur R. Couvillon.
[Hermosa Beach, Calif.] : Information Guides, c1999.
TH 9157 C588 1999

Firefighter rescue & survival

by Richard Kolomay, Robert Hoff.
Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corporation, c2003.
TH 9402 K65 2003

Firefighter written exam study guide

by Arthur R. Couvillon.
Hermosa Beach, Calif. : Information Guides, 1999
TH 9157 C688 1999

The firefighter’s handbook : essentials of firefighting and emergency response.

Albany, N.Y. : Thomson Delmar Learning, 2004.
TH 9151 F49 2004

The firefighter’s handbook of hazardous materials

by Charles J. Baker.
Sudbury, MA  : Jones and Bartlett, 2006
T 55.3 H3 B35 2006

The firefighter’s workout book : the 30 minute a day train-for-life program for men and women

Michael Stefano.
New York : Quill, c2000.
TH 9128 S746 2000

Fireground size-up

Michael A. Terpak.
Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corporation, c2002.
TH 9310.5 T476 2002

Fireground strategies

Anthony Avillo.
Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corp. 2002.
TH 9145 A95 2002

Foam firefighting operations 1 : the essentials of class A foam : awareness level

Dominic Colletti and Larry Davis.
Royersford, Pa. : Lyon’s Publishing, 2003.
TH 9338 C645 2003

Forensic fire scene reconstruction

David J. Icove, John D. DeHaan.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008.
TH 9180 I264 2008

Fundamentals of fire fighter skills

International Association of Fire Chiefs, National Fire Protection Association.
Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2008.
TH 9146 F854 2008

Hazardous materials : regulations, response, and site operations

Rob Schnepp, Paul Gantt.
Albany, N.Y. : Delmar Publishers, c2008
T 55.3 H3 S36 2008

High angle rescue techniques

by Tom Vines, Steve Hudson. –
St. Louis, MO : Mosby Inc., 2004
GV 200.5 V554 2004

Human behavior in fire emergencies

Pam Powell, product manager ; Khela Thorne, developmental editor.
Quincy, Mass. : National Fire Protection Association, c2003.
BF 789 F5 H865 2003

Incident management for the street-smart fire officer

John (Skip) Coleman.
Saddle Brook, N.J. : Fire Engineering, 2008
TH 9310.5 C636 2008

Introduction to fire prevention

James C. Robertson. –
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005
TH 9120 R62 2005

Introduction to fire pump operations

Thomas B. Sturtevant.
Clifton Park, N.Y. : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2005.
TH 9363 S78 2005

LP-gas code handbook

edited by Theodore C. Lemoff.
Quincy, Mass. : National Fire Protection Association, 2008
TP 761 L5 L564 2008

Managing fireworks displays

by Ronald E. Kanterman
Clifton Park, NY : Delmar, Cengage Learning c2008.

(on order)

Media relations for public safety professionals

Leo M. Brown.
Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2004.
HV 7936 P8 B77 2004

Model procedures guide for high-rise fire fighting

prepared by the National Fire Service Incident Management System Consortium, Model Procedures Committee.
Stillwater, Okla. : Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State Univeristy, 2003
TH 9445 T18 M636 2003

Model procedures guide for wildland firefighting

prepared by the National Fire Service Incident Management System Consortium, Model Procedures Committee.
Stillwater, Okla. : Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University, [2000?]
SD 421.3 M636 2000

Occupational safety and health in the emergency services

James Angle.
Clifton Park, N.Y. : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2005.
RA 645.5 A54 2005

Principles of foam fire fighting

by Fred Stowell; edited by Barbara Adams.
Stillwater, Okla. : Oklahoma State University, Fire Protection Publications, 2003
TH 9338 P754 2003

Rapid intervention company operations, (RICO)

Michael R. Mason and Jeffrey S. Pindelski.
Clifton Park, NY : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2006.
TH 9402 M37 2006

Respiratory protection for fire and emergency services

Fred Stowell; validated by the International Fire Service Training Association.
Stillwater, Okla. : Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University, 2002
TH 9360 S44 2002

Responding to “routine” emergencies workbook

Frank C. Montagna.
Tulsa, OK : PennWell, 2006
TH 9146 M66 2006

Rube’s rules for survival

Dennis Rubin.
Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corporation, c2001.
TH 9149 R83 2001

The rural firefighting handbook

Larry Davis and Dominic Colletti.
Royersford, Pa. : Lyon’s Publishing, 2002.
TH 9445 F35 D285 2002

The safe and effective use of fog nozzles : research and practice

by John E. Bertrand and John D. Wiseman.
Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corporation, c2003.
TH 9323 B47 2003

Safety and health guidelines for fire and explosion investigators

by Michael L. Donahue.
Stillwater, Okla. : Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University, [2002]
TH 9180 D653 2002

Scientific protocols for fire investigation

John L. Lentini.
Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, 2005.
TH 9180 L46 2005

Strategic and tactical considerations on the fireground

James P. Smith.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2008.
TH 9310.8 S65 2008

Street smart haz mat response : a common-sense approach to handling hazardous materials emergencies

Michael Callan.
Chester, Md. : Red Hat, c2001.
T 55.3 H3 C245 2001

Technical rescue for structural collapse

Lynne Murnane, senior editor ; Jeff Fortney, senior technical editor ; Tom Connell.
Stillwater, Okla. : Fire Protection Publications, Oklahoma State University, 2003.
TH 9402 T428 2003

Vehicle extrication : a practical guide

by Brian G. Anderson.
Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corp., c2005.
RC 88.9 T7 A538 2005

Volunteer training officer’s handbook

by W. Edward Buchanan, Jr..
Tulsa, Okla. : PennWell Corporation, c2003.
TH 9120 B83 2003

Water-based fire protection systems handbook

edited by David R. Hague.
Quincy, Mass. : National Fire Protection Association, c2007.
TH 9336 W384 2007


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