NSW Rural Fire Service Library
Library opening hours during current fire activity
Due to the current fire activity this January, the librarian is currently working between the library and the operations centre. I apologise for any delay in answering library queries as the library is not staffed full-time at present and request your patience in the present situation.
Are you enjoying our eBooks, Audiobooks or digital magazine collections - new login details for 2020!
Are you a NSW RFS member and enjoying either or all of our online collections - eBooks, digital magazines, and audiobooks. Recently the login credentials changed for accessing these collections and hence you will need a new link to be able to read or listen to these books and magazines. The new login will last until December 2020. Please contact the library at rfs.library@rfs.nsw.gov.au for the new password links and instructions.
Search our Bush Fire Bulletin (with Sitrep) online through Trove
The NSW Rural Fire Service, with the National Library of Australia, has digitised the entire collection of the Bush Fire Bulletin dating back to September 1952. All editions of the historical archived collection of the Bush Fire Bulletin are available online and fully searchable.
Unfortunately, there was no coverage of our bulletin in the mid 1970s. This gap no longer exists with the digitisation of the Sitrep Bulletin from 1976 to 1978. During these years the State Emergency Services of New South Wales and the Bush Fire Council of New South Wales produced this joint publication that incorporated both our Bush Fire Bulletin and the SES Bulletin.
Browse the Sitrep publication online using this link or search the Bush Fire Bulletin and Sitrep in Trove by using the search box in the image above and clicking Go. More information on searching can be located on the Bush Fire Bulletin website or contacting your library.
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Extreme wildfire events and disasters : root causes and new management strategies / by Tedim, Fantina,
Publication: . 271 pages 20 ISBN: 0128157216
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The black swan : the impact of the highly improbable / by Taleb, Nassim, The black swan
Publication: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, c2010. . xxxiii, 444 p. : 21 cm. ISBN: 081297381X Visit Sample text
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Every thing is f*cked : a book about hope / by Manson, Mark, Everything is fucked
Publication: Australia : HarperCollins Australia, 2019. . 273 pages ; 23 cm. ISBN: 0062955934
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Malibu burning : the real story behind LA's most devastating wildfire / by Kerbeck, Robert
Publication: Malibu : MWC Press, 2019 . 250 p. : 21 cm. ISBN: 1733470506
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Fierce conversations : achieving success at work & in life, one conversation at a time / by Scott, Susan,
Publication: . x, 356 pages : 24 cm. ISBN: 0349417369
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Three Steel Teeth : Wide Comb Shears and Woolshed Wars. by Filmer, Mark,
Publication: . 364 p. 19 ISBN: 1760417882
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The Wooleen way : renewing an Australian resource / by Pollock, David,
Publication: [S.l.] : SCRIBE PUBLICATIONS, 2019. . 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm. ISBN: 1925849252
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Community-based control of invasive species /
Publication: . xx, 268 pages : 25 cm. ISBN: 1486308872
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Expeditions unpacked : what the great explorers took into the unknown / by Stafford, Ed,
Publication: . 1 volume : 28 cm. ISBN: 1781318786
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Any ordinary day / by Sales, Leigh,
Publication: [Camberwell, VIC] : Hamish Hamilton Australia, 2018. . 264 pages ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0143789961 Visit Online Resource
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Becoming / by Obama, Michelle,
Publication: London : Viking, 2018. . xiii, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm. ISBN: 0241334144
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Knowledge management matters : words of wisdom from leading practitioners /
Publication: . vi, 201 pages : 24 cm. ISBN: 197440319X
Contact us and opening hours
Our librarian is Katie Vandine.
The library is located on the third floor of the NSW RFS Head Office at 4 Murray Rose Ave, Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127.
You can contact the library via phone on 02 8741 5455 or email at rfs.library@rfs.nsw.gov.au
Our postal address is Locked Bag 17, Granville NSW 2142. This address can be used for returning books.
The library is open Monday to Friday. Closed weekends and public holidays.
If you are visiting, please contact the Library to check opening times.
NSW RFS training manuals
Use the search box below to locate hardcopy editions of NSW RFS training manuals and workbooks that are available for loan from your Library. Manuals and workbooks are available for a month’s loan.
Looking for something light to read. Your NSW RFS library, in conjunction with the Health, Safety and Welfare department, provide all members access to our Flipster online magazine collection.
With Flipster you can read the latest issues of our health and fitness magazines in addition to other titles such as PCWorld, Wild, Popular Science and National Geographic. Quickly access a magazine in your browser, or use the Flipster app on your mobile device to download a magazine to read later - even when you're offline! Contact the library for password and instructions.
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