The Alaska Reference Database originated as the standalone Alaska Fire Effects Reference Database, a ProCite reference database maintained by former BLM-Alaska Fire Service Fire Ecologist Randi Jandt. It was expanded under a Joint Fire Science Program grant for the FIREHouse project (The Northwest and Alaska Fire Research Clearinghouse). It is now maintained by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and FRAMES, and is hosted through the FRAMES Resource Catalog. The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Langford, Kumar, Hoffman
Wildfires are the dominant disturbance impacting many regions in Alaska and are expected to intensify due to climate change. Accurate tracking and quantification of wildfires are important for climate modeling and ecological studies in this region. Remote sensing platforms (e.g…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Brown
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Zylstra
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
In 2017, approximately 57.3 million gallons of retardant was loaded onto airtankers. Of that, approximately 19 million gallons were dropped onto NFS lands. The use of fire chemicals is not without controversy.…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Petrescu, Aversa, Abu-Lebdeh, Apicella, Petrescu
The main idea is that, as the forests of the planet are getting smaller, too much wood is cut and the forests are made too slow, there are also large forest fires due to excessive heat, of people arguing with the law, or simply by chance. Extinguishing fires are generally…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kramer, Mockrin, Alexandre, Stewart, Radeloff
Over the past 30 years, the cost of wildfire suppression and homes lost to wildfire in the US have increased dramatically, driven in part by the expansion of the wildland–urban interface (WUI), where buildings and wildland vegetation meet. In response, the wildfire management…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bengston, Peck, Olson, Barros, Birdsey, Williams, Leyva Reyes, Zamudio-Sanchez
North American forests and forest management institutions are experiencing a wide range of significant ecological disturbances and socioeconomic changes, which point to the need for enhanced resilience. A critical capacity for resilience in institutions is strategic foresight.…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Burnett, Wing
The human visualization system is not optimally suited for fire detection. Smoke occlusion heavily limits flame visibility and low flames can be difficult to see. Thermal infrared (TIR) sensors mitigate these effects but come at high costs (>$3000) that limit use. Digital…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This video details the procedure for sampling fuel loading using the photoload technique. This video is part of the World of Wildland Fire video series.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Treadwell
Dr. Morgan Treadwell, with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, teaches ranchers about using prescribed burning, then uses drones to review burn footage and dissect the burn piece by piece.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Jandt
The Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) field campaign funded by NASA’s Terrestrial Ecology Program began in 2015. Its science objectives are to 1) improve understanding of Arctic and boreal ecosystem response to environmental change, and 2) provide data for informed…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Baylog, Leavell, Berger
Discusses how to manage landscapes for fire when areas are owned or managed by different people or entities. One in a series of fire FAQs that are based on questions that Forest & Natural Resource Extension agents and specialists have received from the people they serve.
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This reference work encompasses the current, accepted state of the art in the science of wildfires and wildfires that spread to communities, known as wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires. More than 300 author contributions include accepted knowledge on these topics from…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Forthofer
Fire Weather Alert System tutorial video for online use to alert firefighters to hazardous weather conditions in their area.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Toombs, Weber
Today’s extended fire seasons and large fire footprints have prompted state and federal land-management agencies to devote increasingly large portions of their budgets to wildfire management. As fire costs continue to rise, timely and comprehensive fire information becomes…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Little, Jandt, Drury, Molina, Lane
Wildland fire is the dominant disturbance agent of the boreal forest of Alaska. Currently, about 80% of the population of Alaska resides in communities potentially at risk from wildland fire. The wildland fire threat to these settlements is increasing because of increased…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hesseln
Purpose of Review: Prevention effectiveness relies on knowledge about the spatio-temporal likelihood of fire occurrence and whether fires are a result of natural processes or human influence. Such knowledge can be used to develop more effective tools and strategies to reduce…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This planning framework and the accompanying planning systems audit tool are designed for use by planners working in or with communities located in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). The framework provides a menu of planning tools that communities can use to address the range…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Weber
Learn what is new with RECOVER in 2018. This DSS has been used on 60 wildfires since it first began just a few years ago. RECOVER can be used to assist in post-fire planning and long-term monitoring. Take a look at this video to see how you can apply RECOVER in your work.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Large outdoor fires and the built environment: objectives and goals of permanent IAFSS working group
Large outdoor fires present a risk to the built environment. Examples often in the international media reports are wildfires that spread into communities, referred to as Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires. WUI fires have destroyed communities throughout the world and are a…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lahm
Air Resource Advisors provide a vast array of tools and products to predict and communicate smoke impacts during wildfires. Having a resource solely dedicated to smoke management and effective messaging improves both internal and external communication.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Land managers are challenged to protect cultural resources within the context of reintroducing fire on the landscape. Positive relationships and partnerships are essential to effective management.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
In 2017, the dominant greenhouse gases released into Earth’s atmosphere—carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide— reached new record highs. The annual global average carbon dioxide concentration at Earth’s surface for 2017 was 405.0 ± 0.1 ppm, 2.2 ppm greater than for 2016 and…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kelly, Brotons, Giljohann, McCarthy, Pausas, Smith
Conserving animals and plants in fire-prone landscapes requires evidence of how fires affect modified ecosystems. Despite progress on this front, fire ecology is restricted by a dissonance between two dominant paradigms: ‘fire mosaics’ and ‘functional types’. The fire mosaic…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sol, Ruby, Gaskill, Dumke, Domitrovich
Introduction: The objective of this study was to document characteristics of hiking during wildland firefighter (WLFF) training and wildfire suppression. For the first time, the overall physical demands during wildland firefighting were evaluated in the field using global…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jorgenson, Jorgenson, Boldenow, Orndahl
Rapid warming has occurred over the past 50 years in Arctic Alaska, where temperature strongly affects ecological patterns and processes. To document landscape change over a half century in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, we visually interpreted geomorphic and…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES