Product Description
This up-to-date electronic book on CD-ROM provides comprehensive information on fire and the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), which is part of FEMA. It includes comprehensive information on training programs and grants for fire services, firefighters, home fire safety, arson, and fire statistics. The USFA states: As an entity of the Department of Homeland Security, the mission of the USFA is to reduce life and economic losses due to fire and related emergencies, through leadership, advocacy, coordination, and support. We serve the Nation independently, in coordination with other Federal agencies, and in partnership with fire protection and emergency service communities. With a commitment to excellence, we provide public education, training, technology and data initiatives. In addition, there is an extensive collection of publications, reports, and documents from the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST). The subjects of publications, reports, and abstracts contained in this CD-ROM include many areas of fire science including fire and the weather; fire detection and alarms, fire safety, fire safety and building construction of all types of structures, fire science and the behavior of flames, plumes, smoke and emissions; fire suppression and fire suppression systems; residential fire type photography and smoke detector installations with photographic illustrations. This incredible CD-ROM is packed with over 24,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.
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This incredible CD-ROM is packed with over 24,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems. The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. Our news and educational discs are privately compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents - they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Adobe Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched by finding specific words, or printed without untold hours of tedious research and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc format makes a great reference work and educational tool. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, thoroughly researched, and portable - everything you need to know, from the federal sources you trust.







