Literature Guide: Fires
Timothy Skinner, MLS, is the Librarian for William Carey International University and a member of Frontier Ventures.
WCIU Journal: Environmental Studies Topic
September 21, 2020
Compiled by Timothy L. Skinner, MLS
Library of Congress Classification
SB 475.9 Firescaping
SD 420.5 – SD 421.5 Wildfires
TH 9448 –TH 9449 Fires
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Aeronautics in wildfire control
Arson
Bonfires
Campfires
Chemicals—Fire and fire prevention
Deforestatiion
Enclosure fires
Fire behavior in children
Fire investigation
Fire management
Fire prevention
Fire risk assessment
Firescaping
Fire warfare
Forest fires
Fuelbreaks
Great Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872
Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
Great Fire, London, England, 1666
Great Fire, Lynn, Mass., 1889
Great Fire, Nantwich, England, 1583
Great Fire, Thessalonike, Greece, 1917
Great Fire, Warwick, England, 1694
Groundcover fires
Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944
Liability for fire damages
Lifesaving at fires
Mann Gulch Fire, Mont., 1949
Mine fires
Nuclear mass fires
Plants—Effect of fires on
Pyromania
Smokey Bear
Smoking and fires
Static electricity and fires
Tillamook Burn, Or., 1933
Tyee Creek Fire, Wash., 1994
Volunteer workers in forest fire prevention
Waco Branch Davidian Disaster, Tex., 1993
Wildfire fighters
Wildfire forecasting
Wildfires
Periodicals
Forest Ecology and Management
International Forest Fire News
Periodical Articles
“Fighting Forest Fires.” National Geographic (September 1982): 328-31.
Graves, Henry S. “The Fight Against Forest Fires.” National Geographic (July 1912): 662-83.
Jones, Stuart E., and Jay Johnston. “Forest Fire: The Devil’s Picnic.” National Geography (July 1968): 100-27.
Books
Reference Books
Chief Fire Officer’s Desk Reference (2005)
Fire Chief’s Handbook (7th ed., 2015)
Fire Prevention Handbook (15th ed., 1981)
NFPA’s Dictionary of Fire Service Terms (2006)
Visual Dictionary of Firefighting Tools (2006)
General and Miscellaneous
Brown, A. A., and K. P. Davis. 1973. Forest Fire: Control and Use. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Carle, David. 2008. Introduction to Fire in California. Oakland: University of California Press.
Gee, Alastair, and Dani Anguiana. 2020. Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy. New York: W. W. Norton.
*Johnson, Edward A., and Kiyoki Miyanishi, eds. 2001. Forest Fires: Behavior and Ecological Effects. Cambridge, MA: Academic Press.
Love, Michael T., and James Robertson. 2014. Introduction to Fire Prevention. 8th ed. New York: Pearson.
Pyne, Stephen J. 2016. California: A Fire Survey. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
_______. Fire: A Brief History. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
_______. Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
_______. 1997. Vestal Fire: An Environmental History, Told Through Fire, of Europe and Europe’s Encounter with the World. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Radojevic, Miroslav. 2001. Forest Fires and Regional Haze in Southeast Asia. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Scott, Andrew C. 2020. Fire: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Simpson, Ross W. 1989. The Fires of ’88: Yellowstone Park and Montana in Flames. Helena, MT: American Geographic Publishing.
Varone, J. Curtis. 2014. Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services. 3rd ed. Tulsa, OK: Fire Engineering Books & Videos.
Books with Relevant Chapters
Kovach, Robert, and Bill McGuire. 2003. Firefly Guide to Global Hazards. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books.
Young, Raymond A., ed. 1982. Introduction to Forest Science. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Ch. 15: “Behavior and Management of Forest Fires” by Craig G. Lorimer.