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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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
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
Burton, Betts, Jones, Williams
The commitment to limit warming to 1.5 °C as set out in the Paris Agreement is widely regarded as ambitious and challenging. It has been proposed that reaching this target may require a number of actions, which could include some form of carbon removal or Solar Radiation…
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
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
Moore, Ziel, Saperstein
Organized by the AWFCG Fire Modeling & Analysis Committee (FMAC), this webinar is meant to help listeners get ready for the upcoming fire season in Alaska. Speakers and topics included: Chris Moore on 2017 Fire Modeling Case Studies (AKA "Have you considered elevation in…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
This webinar covers significant changes made to the 2017 Prescribed Fire Complexity Rating System Guide (PMS 424).
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Robinne, Bladon, Miller, Parisien, Mathieu, Flannigan
The large mediatic coverage of recent massive wildfires across the world has emphasized the vulnerability of freshwater resources. The extensive hydrogeomorphic effects from a wildfire can impair the ability of watersheds to provide safe drinking water to downstream communities…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fann, Alman, Broome, Morgan, Johnston, Pouliot, Rappold
Introduction: Wildland fires degrade air quality and adversely affect human health. A growing body of epidemiology literature reports increased rates of emergency departments, hospital admissions and premature deaths from wildfire smoke exposure. Objective: Our research aimed to…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Noonan
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
This research examines perceptions of risk by decision-makers during wildland fires using newly available data from the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS), with an eye toward better understanding how…
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
Berger, Fitzgerald, Leavell
Discusses the conditions, planning, and circumstances involved in managing naturally ignited wildfire as a strategic choice to achieve forest resource management objectives. One in a series of fire FAQs that are based on questions that Forest & Natural Resource Extension…
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
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
Ziel
There are at least 5 important factors that lead Alaska fire managers to continue their use of the Canadian CFFDRS system of fire danger and fire behavior tools for fire potential assessments in Alaska. Fire behavior expert Robert "Zeke" Ziel gives a succinct review of them in…
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
Geiser, Stawski, Doty, Cooper, Nowack
Although wildfires are increasing globally, available information on how mammals respond behaviourally and physiologically to fires is scant. Despite a large number of ecological studies, often examining animal diversity and abundance before and after fires, the reasons as to…
Year: 2018
Type: Document
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
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