USFA Library Weekly Newsletter

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USFA Library - Working to Bring Knowledge to Practice

This Week's Highlights

• We had a number of research articles this week that examine various aspects of firefighter health and safety including wellness programs, and  the problem of daytime sleepiness of firefighters. View these citations and follow the DOI links to learn more about them.

Current Awareness: Weekly News Roundups - Just updated

• Fire Prevention in the News :  http://www.lrc.fema.gov/news_fireprev.html

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  • Campaigns / Other Fire Prevention Efforts
  • Campus Fire Safety
  • Inspections/Code enforcement
  • Smoke Alarms
  • Sprinklers
  • Wildland Fire Safety
  • Fire safety tips and reminders
  • Other Safety News
  • International News

All-Hazards News Feed Digest :
Follow LRC updates: http://www.lrc.fema.gov/news.xml

• Overview of the National Planning Frameworks
• National Prevention Framework
• National Mitigation Framework
• National Response Framework

Fire Prevention News Feed Digest :

• Fire department on mission to put smoke detectors in every home (Idaho)

• Volunteers knock for fire safety during Council Bluffs canvass (Iowa)

• New building code kept fire from spreading, officials say (Canada)

• Students to learn fire safety and prevention (Tennessee)

• Fire agency offers home safety checks (Colorado)

• Manhattan Fire Protection District Recognized As Fire-Safe Community (Illinois)

• I survived - Galesburg House Fire (Illinois)

• Working For You: Checking Your School's Fire Safety Procedures

• Firefighters to hold "Give Burns the Boot" drive (Georgia)

New books and reports at the library :

• Fire service/EMS book/report titles (10)
  
• All-hazards book/report titles (9) 
  
• Prevention education resources (11)