Library
Books from The Human Factor, to read online.
Fire Service Safety Management System
A complete safety management system for Canadian fire departments: model policies, programs, safe work procedures, an audit program and the forms to run them, built on Safety Differently, just culture and human factors. Written once for every department, with what the law requires in each province, territory and federal workplace set out side by side and kept current.
How to use this library
Every book here is read online, chapter by chapter. Select any passage with your mouse or finger and a small bar appears with everything you can do with it.
Highlight and keep notes
Four colours, a comment on the spot, or save the passage to a note you keep. Your notes stay with you on any device with a free account.
My notes
The notes button at the bottom corner of every chapter lists your highlights and notes on that page, and all of them together in your portal.
Suggest a correction
See a mistake, something out of date, or a rule that reads differently where you work? Select the passage and choose Suggest a correction. It reaches the author with the exact words and page, and corrections go into the next version.
Cite
Copies a citation for the selected passage, with the book, chapter, version and date, ready to paste into a report or a policy.
Copy link
A link straight to that passage, for a colleague or a meeting agenda.
Search
Each book home has a search box that looks across every chapter.
Download
Up to 3 chapters a day as PDF, issued to you by name.
Ask the assistant
Ask a question in your own words and the assistant answers from the book, with the chapter it drew on.
How the Library works
Free to read. Subscriptions for people and departments who use it at work.
Reading online is free and never limited, and so is asking the assistant. You can also download up to 3 chapters a day. A subscription is for people who use the book at work: no daily limit, the editable Word and Excel files, and notice when the book changes.
For everyone
Free
$0no account needed to read
- Read every chapter online, always the current version
- Ask the assistant questions about the book
- Download up to 3 chapters a day as PDF, issued to you by name
For one person
Individual (FSSMS)
$89CAD a year
A personal reference subscription to the book, billed yearly.
- Unlimited downloads, no daily limit
- Every format and edition: Word and Excel files, whole-book and module editions
- Update notices when the book changes
Subscriptions open soon. Contact us
For a department
Department Edition (FSSMS)
$399CAD a year
Up to 10 named people
A publication and reference subscription for a department's safety team, billed yearly. Invoice payment is available.
- Unlimited downloads for everyone on the plan
- Every format and edition: Word and Excel files, whole-book and module editions
- Update notices when the book changes
- One shared, current copy for the chief officers, the health and safety officer and the joint committee
Subscriptions open soon. Contact us
Volunteer department? Ask for a free Department Edition.
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