Bibliography and Related Sources

Books

Bondar, Barbara. 1997. Fire: Raging Destruction and Teacher Guide.
Perfection Learning Corporation, 1000 N. Second Avenue, P.O. Box 500,
Logan, Iowa, USA 51546-1099.

Cone, Patrick. 1996. Wildfire. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books. ISBN:
1575050277.

Cottrell Jr, William H. 1989. The Book of Fire. Missoula, MT: Mountain Press.
ISBN: 0876149360.

DeGolia, Jack. 1993. Fire, A Force of Nature: the Story Behind the Scenery.
Las Vegas, NV: KC Publications. ISBN: 0887140386.

Fraser, Mary Ann. 1996. Forest Fire! Golden, CO:Fulcrum Publishing. ISBN:
1555912516.

Hadley, Eric and Tessa Hadley. 1985. Legends of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
(Cambridge Books for Children). Cambridge, England: University of
Cambridge Press. ISBN: 0521263115.

Hoffman, Mary. 1995. Earth, Fire, Water, Air. New York: Dutton Children's
Books. ISBN: 0525454209.

Kerven, Rosalind. 1996. Fire (Myths and Legends). Crystal Lake, IL:
Heineman Libraray. ISBN: 1575720183.

Maclean, Norman. 1992. Young Men and Fire. Chicago, IL: The University of
Chicago Press. ISBN: 0226500616.

Pyne, Stephen J., Patricia Andrews and Richard Laven. 1996.
Introduction to Wildland Fire. New York, NY: Wiley. ISBN: 0471549134.
(Teacher Background)

Pyne, Stephen J. 1995. World Fire: The Culture of Fire on Earth. Seattle,
WA: University of Washington Press. ISBN: 0295-975938. (Teacher
Background)

Sorenson, Margo. 1996. Firewatch and Teacher Guide. Perfection Learning
Corporation, 1000 N. Second Avenue, P.O. Box 500, Logan, Iowa, USA
51546-1099.

Educational Materials

"The Fire Education Team" teaching materials for Preschool - Grade 6, The
Firehouse, Clovis, CA, email "hrpunky@aol.com".

"Burning Issues", interactive fire science on CD-ROM, Interactive Media Science Projects, Florida State University, 209 Carothers Hall, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4490, (850) 644-8422 (available mid-year 1999).

Videos

Raging Planet: Fire. 1998. Discovery Channel Video. Item #713883.
Telephone: 1-800-475-6636.

From Beneath the Ashes. 1995. Chicago, IL: Public Media Education.
ISBN: 0780015622.

A Legacy of Wildfires. 1990. Rochester, NY: Wards Natural Science
Establishment, Inc.

Two Sides of Fire. 1996. Temperate Forest Foundation. 14780 S.W. Osprey
Drive, Suite 355, Beaverton, OR 97007, telephone: 503-579-6762.

Websites

  • National Fire Protection Association:
http://www.nfpa.org
  • Sparky the Firedog's page:
http://www.sparky.org
  • Smokey the Bear's Homepage:
http://www.smokeybear.com
  • USDA Forest Service:
http://www.fs.fed.us
  • Discovery Channel School:
http://discoveryschool.com
  • Firewise:
http://www.firewise.org/
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
http://www.fws.gov/
  • National Park Service:
http://www.nps.gov/
  • Bureau of Land Management:
http://www.blm.gov
  • National Interagency Fire Center
http://www.nifc.gov
  • Fire Scout:
http://www.eskimo.com/~jolem/fire/index.html
  • Fire Safe:
http://firesafe.org or http://firesafe.com
  • Index to Wildland Fire WWW Catalog:
http://www.blm.gov/narsc/wildfire/wwwindex.html
  • Canadian Wildfire Network:
http://www.denendeh.com/flycolor/wildfire
  • Canadian Wildland Fire Information System:
http://www.nofc.forestry.ca/fire/cwfis/
  • British Columbia Ministry of Forests:
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/protect
  • New South Wales:
http://www.npws.nsw.gov.au/wildfire/fire.htm
  • New Zealand National Rural Fire Authority:
 
  • FireNet (International Fire Information Network):
http://online.anu.edu.au/Forestry/fire/firenet.htm or
http://www.csu.edu.au/firenet/firenet.html
  • Additional international information:
 
  • For an education search for information and lesson plans:
http://www.education-world.com