NSW Rural Fire Service Library
Library opening hours over January
Greetings everyone,
It's the festive season and here is our NSW Rural Fire Service, NSW SES and Fire + Rescue NSW enjoying the company of each other within the lovely ambience of the NSW RFS Library.
The NSW RFS library (and me!) wishes everyone a very delightful and peaceful Christmas.
The library will be closed from Friday 11th January 2019 until Thursday, 17th January 2019, as the librarian will be on leave.
Warm regards,
Katie
Sitrep - our Bulletin during the 1970s now online
Almost 18 months ago the NSW Rural Fire Service joined forces with the National Library of Australia to digitise the entire collection of the Bush Fire Bulletin dating back to September 1952. This resulted in all editions of the historical archived collection of the Bush Fire Bulletin being 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.
eMagazines for NSW RFS Members
Looking for something light to read over the summer season. 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 Popular Science and Australian 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 home access.
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Meltdown : why our systems fail and what we can do about it / by Clearfield, Christopher,
Publication: [s.l.] : Atlantic books, 2018. . 294 pages : 23 cm. ISBN: 1786492245
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Collaborating with the enemy : how to work with people you don't agree with or like or trust / by Kahane, Adam,
Publication: . xviii, 131 pages : 22 cm. ISBN: 1626568227
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Wildfire : on the front lines with station 8 / by Hansen, Heather,
Publication: . 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 21 ISBN: 1680510711
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Echoes of the axe : the stories of the people who made the timber industry on the mid North Coast of New South Wales / by Fenning, Charles.
Publication: Taree, N.S.W. : Charles Fenning, 1997. . 188 p. : 25 cm. ISBN: 0646317849
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Resilient post disaster recovery through building back better / by Mannakkara, Sandeeka,
Publication: . pages cm. 20 ISBN: 1138297526
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The fast 800 : how to combine rapid weight loss and intermittent fasting for long-term health / by Mosley, Michael, Fast eight hundred
Publication: . 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm. ISBN: 1760850187
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Any ordinary day / by Sales, Leigh,
Publication: [Camberwell, VIC] : Hamish Hamilton Australia, 2018. . 264 pages ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0143789961
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Gardens of fire : an investigative memoir / by Kenny, Robert,
Publication: . 1 online resource (260 pages) | 260 pages ; 24 cm. 21 ISBN: 1742585469 Visit Online Resource
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Inside the nudge unit : how small changes can make a big difference / by Halpern, David
Publication: . xiv, 383 pages : 20 cm. ISBN: 0753556553
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Redistribution of electoral districts, 2004 : Electoral Districts Commissioners report. New South Wales redistribution 2004 Electoral Districts Commissioners' report on the 2004 New South Wales redistribution of electoral districts 2004 NSW Electoral Districts Commissioners report
Publication: [Sydney, N.S.W.] : State Electoral Office New South Wales, 2004. . xvi, 192 p. : 43 cm. ISBN: 0975235400
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Integrating emergency management and disaster behavioral health : one picture through two lenses /
Publication: . xxiv, 345 pages : 23 cm. ISBN: 0128036389
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A risk framework for operational risks associated with prescribed burning : National Burning project: Sub-Project 3, October 2016 / AFAC Limited
Publication: East Melbourne Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council Limited 2016 . 60 p. 25 ISBN: 0994258917
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 9:00am to 4:00pm. Monday – 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.
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Search the Bush Fire Bulletin online
Search the complete collection of the Bush Fire Bulletin and the Bush Fire Council’s Sitrep Bulletin (published 1976-1978) 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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