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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Hessburg
We have all seen the news - hotter summers, and bigger, badder wildfires. What's going on? How did we get here? Paul tells a fast-paced story of western US forests - unintentionally yet massively changed by a century of management. He relates how these changes, coupled with a…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Urgenson, Ryan, Halpern, Bakker, Belote, Franklin, Haugo, Nelson, Waltz
Collaborative approaches to natural resource management are becoming increasingly common on public lands. Negotiating a shared vision for desired conditions is a fundamental task of collaboration and serves as a foundation for developing management objectives and monitoring…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bastian, Keske, Mcleod, Hoag
Conservation easements offer sustainable land use and environmental conservation through land use restrictions. Opportunities exist to improve the efficiency by which parties interested in conservation easement transactions are matched, which may contribute to the overall…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sakellariou, Tampekis, Samara, Sfougaris, Christopoulou
Forest ecosystems are our priceless natural resource and are a key component of the global carbon budget. Forest fires can be a hazard to the viability and sustainable management of forests with consequences for natural and cultural environments, economies, and the life quality…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Delaney
Contracting helps Federal fire managers get things done. The Federal fire organizations contract for supplies, services, and-in some cases-construction and specialized services such as architecture and engineering. From buying Nomex, fusees, driptorch fuel, and meals-ready-to-…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McFayden
WeatherSHIELD (Short & Intermediate Ensemble & Long-term Dynamic Scenarios - Prototype) presented by Colin McFayden.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Little
From AFSC's Spring 2017 Workshop.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
A diversity of partners and interests, federal to private, came together to identify current challenges and research in the wildland fire and air quality impacts realm. Meeting management needs and the opportunity to learn from one another’s expert perspectives were primary…
Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Thompson, Riley, Loeffler, Haas
Research Objectives: 1) Generate efficient frontiers and explore tradeoffs across risk reduction, volume production, and cost minimization objectives. 2) Explore the impact of variable spatial extent and dispersed versus clustered treatment strategies. 3) Quantify frequency-…
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Riley
A special session at the 6th International Fire Ecology Congress of the Association for Fire Ecology.
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Thompson, Riley, Hand, Scott
The increasing cost of fighting wildland fire has had a negative and lasting impact on the Forest Service’s non-fire, mission critical activities. How do we evaluate the potential impacts of mitigation investments on future wildfire management costs?
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Hungerford, Campbell
Predictions of soil heating for two models were compared with temperatures and moisture contents measured in laboratory experiments. Columns packed with soil of different water contents and bulk densities were placed under a radiant gas heater. Temperature and water content were…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Viney, Hatton, Dawes
The moisture content of the litter is one of the most important environmental factors affecting the ignition and propogation of a forest fire. The concept of equilibrium moisture content has proven utility in making a meaningful connection between weather and litter moisture.…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Todd, Kourtz
People are responsible for starting two out of every three forest fires in Canada. To efficiently suppress these fires while they are still small, a modern forest fire control organization must be able to predict their numbers and locations one day in advance. Contrary to…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Davi
Computers are rapidly expanding into the urban fire safety area. This paper presents some social implications caused by the use of computers for fire safety databases, arson prediction programs, and fire simulation programs. In regards to the new technological advances this…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mohr, Moody
'The intent of this guide is to serve as a 'checklist' for the Incident Commander and General Staff (Planning Section Chief, Operations Chief, and Logistics Section Chief), Division Supervisors, Strike Team Leaders, Crew Superintendents, and the Firefighters. Accomplishment of '…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brown, Arno
Protection of resources from fire has increased the risk of severe fires and reduced resource values in some ecosystems. Constraints on use of prescribed fire have limited its effectiveness in meeting resource goals. This predicament is discussed by describing the ecological…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gonzalez-Espinosa, Quintana-Ascencio, Ramirez-Marcial, Gaytan-Guzman
We present floristic and structural data on seral plant communities (Old-Field, Grassland, Shrubland, and Early Successional, Mid-Successional, and Mature Forest) resulting from the current land use pattern in the Pinus-Quercus forests in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. The…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jean, Bouchard
Historical aerial photographs (from 1946 through 1983) were used to study and describe the nature and extent of changes in wetland vegetation of a section of the St. Lawrence River and to evaluate the relative importance of water level, fire, and vegetational development as…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McCleese, Nichols, Walton
In this paper, several innovations to the firefighting process are summarized. Organizational innovations include the Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Protection Initiative, common interagency emergency management procedures, and the National Interagency Incident Management System…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Clark, Tankersley
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cohen
Wildland fire is a significant component of nearly all North American ecosystems. High intensity, stand-replacement fires are normal in certain ecosystems, especially in the northern Rocky Mountains. Wilderness fire managers are obligated to let fire operate as a natural…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cohen
The essence of the wildland/urban interface fire problem is the loss of homes. The problem is not new, but is becoming increasingly important as more homes with inadequate adherence to safety codes are built at the wildland/urban interface. Current regulatory codes are…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Fujioka
On the heels of the Yellowstone fires of 1988, a Cabinet-level fire management review team recommended research "to improve the ability to predict severe fire behavior, conduct long-term weather forecasting, and identify past abnormal events." In a 1989 report, a Forest Service…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ball, Guertin
FIREMAP is a model for simulating surface fire spread through heterogeneous fuels and over non-uniform terrain. The model was constructed using PROMAP, a language which allows dynamic spatial models to be constructed using raster GIS data bases. The GIS system is used to…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS