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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Zen, Thomas, Mueller, Dhurandher, Gallagher, Skowronski, Hadden
A new instrument to quantify firebrand dynamics during fires with particular focus on those associated with the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) has been developed. During WUI fires, firebrands can ignite spot fires, which can rapidly increase the rate of spread (ROS) of the fire…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Anderson
This webinar to the NWCG Smoke Committee describes experimental tools developed for smoke management including higher resolution 7-day forecasts. Presented by Bret Anderson, who works for the National USDA Forest Service Air program and develops tools for wildfire smoke…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Kuligowski
As wildfires that threaten communities become more severe, there is an increasing need to understand human behavior in these situations, and evacuation decision-making and behavior in particular. A number of deaths have occurred in previous fires during the evacuation process.…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Kelly, Giljohann, Duane, Aquilué, Archibald, Batllori, Bennett, Buckland, Canelles, Clarke, Fortin, Hermoso, Herrando, Keane, Lake, McCarthy, Morán-Ordoñez, Parr, Pausas, Penman, Regos, Rumpff, Santos, Smith, Syphard, Tingley, Brotons
Fire has been a source of global biodiversity for millions of years. However, interactions with anthropogenic drivers such as climate change, land use, and invasive species are changing the nature of fire activity and its impacts. We review how such changes are threatening…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Shi, Wang, Chen, Kong
The existing literature is short of exploring the interactions of stakeholders’ decisions during wildfires from a dynamic perspective. Evolutionary game theory proposed based on Darwin’s theory of evolution can capture the dynamic process and provide a method to analyze the…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hudson, Bray, Blunck, Page, Butler
This work reports characteristics of embers generated by torching trees and seeks to identify the important physical and biological factors involved. The size of embers, number flux and propensity to ignite spot fires (i.e. number flux of ‘hot’ embers) are reported for several…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lindley, Ziel, Teske, Jolly, Law
The Fire Environment Continuing Education SubCommittee presents the 2020 Fall Fire Environment Post Season Lessons Learned Webinar
Topics will include:
Satellite-derived data
WildfireSAFE
Tips for Remote fire analysis assignments
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Faivre, Amoako, Bird, Conedera
Sparking FireSmart Policies in the EU: The Importance of an Integrated Fire Management Approach - Nicolas Faivre, Policy Officer, DG Research and Innovation (RTD), European Commission, Belgium
The presentation will introduce the recent EU policy developments…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Shannon, Anand, Shotorban, Mahalingam
Fire interactions between multiple 1 m tall, 0.7 m diameter chamise shrubs was studied utilizing the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Dynamics Simulator (WFDS, Mell et al., 2009). Two shrub arrangements were investigated. First, nine shrubs were placed in a 3x3 horizontal region.…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The 2019 McKinley Fire devastated a 10-mile stretch of homes along Alaska's Parks Highway. This video describes the fire and its aftermath through interviews with residents and fire professionals, and discusses ways to protect structures from wildfires.
Useful websites about…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Fernandes, Sil, Ascoli, Cruz, Alexander, Rossa, Baeza, Burrows, Davies, Fidelis, Gould, Govender, Kilinc, McCaw
Fire behaviour characteristics define the impacts on society and the environment. While wildland fire science has expanded to include the analysis of fire activity and effects across the globe, an understanding of global fire behaviour patterns and its drivers remains incomplete…
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Cruz
We have devised a rule of thumb for obtaining a first approximation of a fire’s spread rate that wildland fire operations personnel may find valuable in certain situations. It is based on the premise that under certain conditions wind speed is the dominant factor in determining…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Cruz
A 3-m between crown spacing is a commonly cited criterion found in the wildland-urban interface fire literature for minimizing the likelihood of a fully-developed crown fire from occurring in a conifer forest on level terrain. The validity of this general recommendation is…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pauly
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Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Furman
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Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hawkes, Lawson
Fuel complexes resulting from power-saw spacing in young coastal Douglas-fir and interior lodgepole pine stands were quantitatively assessed for loading and duration of hazard. Fuel appraisal data were combined with fire weather regimes to derive fire behavior predictions for…
Year: 1980
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Arno, Brown
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Schullery
From introduction: The Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) fires of 1988 were, in the words of National Park Service (NPS) publications, the most significant ecological event in the history of the national parks (NPS 1988). Their political consequences may be as far-reaching as their…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Davis
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McCleese
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stocks, Lawson, Alexander, Van Wagner, McAlpine, Lynham, Dube
Forest fire danger rating research in Canada was initiated by the federal government in 1925. Five different fire danger rating systems have been developed since that time, each with increasing universal applicability across Canada. The approach has been to build on previous…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Komarek
From the Conclusions ... 'These patterns of frontal movements and correlated lightning fires and the data upon which they are based lead me to four conclusions.1. The lightning potential over North America is extremely large although virtually unknown.2. That thunderstorms may…
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Johnson, Woodward, Titus
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Prentice
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Year: 1977
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Dyrness
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS