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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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The anatomy of smokejumping

Scheer
From the text: Firefighting, especially smokejumping, is an exercise in outlasting the uncomfortable. I think it has little to do with gender; rather it is each individual's assessment and subsequent reaction to a given situation.'
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Reflecting on the legacy of the first African-American smokejumpers

McGee
From the text...'A group of valiant men known as the Triple Nickles, the first African-American smokerjumpers, paved the way for so many in the smokejumping cadre...'
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

What does it take to become a smokejumper?

Cottrell
From the text...'Smokejumpers come from all over the country and represent a very diverse and well-educated workforce.'
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

History of smokejumping

Bramwell
From the text ... 'One of the smokejumper program's defining characteristics is its commitment to innovation--a constant refinement of equipment and techniques that hearkens back to the program's earliest days.'
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Carbon footprint from helitankers: sustainable decision making in aerial wildfire fighting

Alvarez, Planelles, Rubio
Carbon footprint (CF) can be a key factor stimulating innovation while driving sustainable decision making. The air transport sector and wildfires are considered to be relevant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Among the available resources for wildfire suppression,…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

A survey on technologies for automatic forest fire monitoring, detection, and fighting using unmanned aerial vehicles and remote sensing techniques

Yuan, Zhang, Liu
Because of their rapid maneuverability, extended operational range, and improved personnel safety, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with vision-based systems have great potential for monitoring, detecting, and fighting forest fires. Over the last decade, UAV-based forest fire…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Characterizing large airtanker use in United States fire management

Stonesifer, Thompson, Calkin, McHugh
The appropriate role of large airtankers (LATs) in federal fire suppression in the United States has been the source of much debate and discussion in recent years as the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has faced impending decisions about how best to address an aging fleet of…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Rapid Disturbance Assessment and Services (RDAS) Program Overview

Hinkley, Quayle
Presentation by Everett Hinkley and Brad Quayle, US Forest Service, from Alaska Fire Science Workshop, October 16, 2015, begins at the 28:30 mark and lasts approximately 24 minutes.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

First jump

Goldammer
'First load to the box.' Calmly, but with urgency, these words rolled through the intercom while I was in the loft working on a project for the afternoon. As the alarm sounded through the building, I knew that meant we had a fire call, and without hesitation, I dropped…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Funny River Fire

Campbell
On May 19, 2014, during unusually dry weather, a fire started in a popular recreational area near Funny River Road in the Kenai, near Newberry's home. The wind pushed it through dry grasses and into insect-killed stands of spruce. By the end of the day, fire had consumed 2,500…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Introduction to Remote Sensing for Wildfire Applications: New Techniques and Technologies

McCullum
The fourth webinar in this series covered new techniques and technologies.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Fire Retardant and Fire Chemicals on the Alaska Landscape

Zylstra
Shirley Zylstra, of USFS Missoula Technical Development Center (fs.fed.us/eng/techdev/mtdc.htm), gave a talk and demonstration on the properties of aerial retardant, foams and gels along with tips on improving effectiveness. She presented this at two different sessions, in…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

The Climate Has Changed, Have We? Reflections on 50 Years of Fire Management in Alaska

Jandt
Randi Jandt talked about the evolution of Alaska firefighting practices (field and management)over the past 50 years. We are starting to be aware of the changes in climate and in Alaska forests: is the wildfire "problem" the same one we faced a half-century ago? Have our…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES