NSW Rural Fire Service Library
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Library Opening Hours This Summer
Your RFS Library will be closed for visitors from Friday, 6th December as the librarian will be on holidays.
The library will reopen to visitors on Wednesday, 8th January 2024.
If you are working on-site at RFS HQ, you are welcome to still visit the library and borrow books (please email the library your loan details).
(Image: Travel poster issued by the Australian Railways Commissioners, c. 1924. Powerhouse Collection)
Welcome to your NSW RFS Library
How can the library help you?
- Information assistance: Ask the librarian for assistance in sourcing publications for your work-related project.
- Current awareness: Request alerts for new journal issues or tailored for your topic of interest
- Loans: Books may be borrowed by all members of the NSW RFS. Items are posted to your nominated address and return is easy - use the enclosed return address label and hand in at your district office.
- Interlibrary loans: Items not held in the NSW RFS library can be obtained from other libraries.
- Subject reading lists: Collaborate with your professional librarian to compile subject-specific reading guides.
- Literacy classes: Individual or group literacy training available online or face-to-face to improve your searching skills
Browse our Bush Fire Bulletin 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. The digitised collection also includes the Sitrep bulletin (a joint publication that incorporated both our Bush Fire Bulletin and the SES Bulletin) from 1976 to 1978.
This historical archived collection is available online in Trove.
Browse the collection.
Bush Fire Bulletin (1952 – 1975)
Bush Fire Bulletin (1978 – 2022)
Search the collection.
If you are looking for articles on a particular topic, e.g. the town of Merriwa, you can easily search the whole Bulletin collection in Trove.
Open the Trove search box using this link. The search box is pre-filled with the Bulletin catalogue items. There are over 6000 articles.
In the search box (after the Bulletin Catalogue items), type in AND followed by your keyword(s) e.g. AND Merriwa
Click on the search icon. The resulting articles will be listed. Please contact the library if you need any assistance.
Opening times
The library is open Monday to Friday - closed weekends and public holidays
If you wish to visit, please make an appointment with the librarian.
Location
The library is located on the third floor of the NSW RFS Head Office at 4 Murray Rose Ave, Sydney Olympic Park NSW.
Contact
Our librarian is Katie Vandine
Phone: 02 8741 5455
Email: rfs.library@rfs.nsw.gov.au
Postal address (for returning library books):
NSW Rural Fire Service - Library
Locked Bag 17
Granville NSW 2142
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Looking for something light to read. Your NSW RFS library, in conjunction with the Health and Wellbeing 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, 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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Would you like to receive an email alert (every two months) detailing the new resources, including books, reports and journal articles, that have been added into our library.
September 2024 Library News
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To sign up, just contact the library with your email address.
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