FIREINF

FIREINF is arguably the world’s premier collection of authoritative and validated fire information. It aims to help all those seeking such information, with emphasis on all aspects of fire, emergency and preparedness management principles, fire risk assessment, practices and research.

In this fast moving world it is essential to have quick access to validated, authoritative and constantly updated information collections. Much time is spent these days searching the Internet for validated and authoritative information often resulting in out-of date sources. Collections brought together and maintained by information specialists are one sure way of getting good quality data.

As new research and new ways of working, with the attendant alterations in products, services and technology developments means that no-one, especially those responsible for fire, emergencies and preparedness in workplaces of all kinds, should be without the latest information.

Searchers should also be aware that the myth abounding in the world that “everything is published on the Internet and is free” is just NOT true!

Quickly gain access to legislation, guidance and advice that is up-to-date and relevant – take a 15-day Free trial of FIREINF – the service that is focused, affordable, easy to use and continuously updated as new data is published.

Published by Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd. since 1997 (previous titles Fire Worldwide and also Fire, Emergency and Preparedness Worldwide), FIREINF uses the powerful Headfast software.

FIREINF is accessible via the Internet Service www.fireinf.com.

So what will you find in FIREINF?

FIREINF is the premier collection of validated, authoritative information and contains two major collections – the Full Text Collection and the Bibliographic Collection.

An important feature of FIREINF is that it will give you immediate access to the full text document wherever possible.

Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd are committed to maintaining and expanding FIREINF which is arguably the world’s best collection of fire and fire related information.

Full Text Collection

The Full Text Collection contains thousands of pages of easily searchable full text documents, which are continually being added to, thus updating the existing wide-ranging sources of critical fire information. The collection contains:

• EU Legislation – European Union Legislation relevant to fire
• UK Legislation – Acts and SIs relevant to fire
• European Agency – European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
• Fire Full Text Collection – an extensive range of fire and fire related documents from organisations such as:
  • UK Government Communities and Regional Government (previously Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) Fire and Rescue Directorate, and Home Office)
  • US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
  • Ireland Department of the Environment Fire Safety
  • UK Fire Protection Association
  • World Fire Statistics Bureau
  • CTIF – The International Committee for the Prevention and Extinction of Fire

Bibliographic Collection

The Bibliographic Collection has 13 databases which contain over 535,000 records for journal articles, guidance and advice, circulars, reports, conference proceedings, research reports, statistics and codes of practice from worldwide sources, all of which may be easily accessed.

Increasingly many of the bibliographic records link direct to the full text document.

For those organisations that do not subscribe to a range of journals/magazines this is one way of ensuring that the latest news, developments and trends are available. The British Standards Institution Fire database contains references to over 4500 fire and fire related standards.

1. ANPI Archive – Belgian Fire and Intrusion Prevention Association
2. BRE FLAIR FRS – UK BRE Global Ltd
3. BSI Fire Standards – British Standards Institution Fire Standards
4. BSI Security Standards – British Standards Institution Security Standards
5. FRI Wildland Fire, USA – Fire Research Institute Wildland Fire, USA
6. FSC – Fire Service College Library, UK
7. FSEG – University of Greenwich, Fire Safety Engineering Group (FSEG), UK
8. FSS Fire – Forensic Science Service Fire, UK
9. International Bibliographic – Produced by Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd
10. LPC Risk Sciences Archive – LPC Centre for Risk Sciences Archive
11. NIOSHTIC – US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
12. NIOSHTIC-2 – US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
13. UK Government Fire – UK Government Departments Fire

Costs

Contact Sheila Pantry Associates Ltd for prices for single, multi-users and consortia users. Why not join up with others to make a consortium?

The prices reflect our aim to bring fire and fire-related guidance, advice, research, journal articles, papers, standards to the attention of firefighters, fire safety managers, practitioners and managers, researchers, trade union safety representatives, occupational physicians, information specialists in industry, colleges and universities, government staff, inspectors, university and college safety directors, university and college lecturers and those in training – at a cost that is affordable and a service that is time efficient.