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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Getting Ready for the Fire Season: Alaska Fire Modeling Refresher

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

Introduction to the 2017 Prescribed Fire Complexity Rating System Guide and Worksheets

This webinar covers significant changes made to the 2017 Prescribed Fire Complexity Rating System Guide (PMS 424).
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Spatial Differentiation of Wildfire Risk in the United States from Systematic Operational Risk Assessments – How Risk is Perceived by Land Managers

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

Webinar: Techniques for Wildfire Detection and Monitoring Part 2

Schmidt, McCullum, Picotte
This session will provide an overview of the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) and a hands-on demonstration on the use of the GWIS viewer. GWIS is an online web application that uses remotely sensed wildfire data. This data includes fire danger, wildfire locations,…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Aquatic Ecosystem Vulnerability to Fire and Climate Change in Alaskan Boreal Forests

Falke, Gray
Fire is the dominant ecological disturbance process in boreal forests (coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches) and fire frequency, size and severity are increasing in Alaska owing to climate warming. However, interactions among fire, climate,…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Partnering for Solutions: New Tools for Spatial Fire Planning

Fire control opportunities don’t know boundaries; let’s plan with that in mind. The RMRS Wildfire Risk Management Science Team has developed a series of tools (quantitative wildfire risk assessment, suppression difficulty index, potential control locations, PODS) to support…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Engaging the Fire Before it Starts: Proactive Risk Management

Fire season has arrived on the Ponderosa Pine National Forest, but this year is different. After working with the Wildfire Risk Management Team at RMRS, they understand risks better. They use detailed data and analysis to complement years of experience on the ground. When…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Re-forging Our Relationship with Fire

First in a three-part video series describing the work and cutting edge risk management tools developed by the Rocky Mountain Research Station Wildfire Risk Management Science Team. The Team works with National Forests and other fire managers to plan ahead of the fire season.…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Predictive Services Session: Seasonal Outlook and Predictive Services Presentation Spring 2018

Strader
AICC Predictive Services meteorologist Heidi Strader provides an outlook for the 2018 fire season in Alaska and reviews the projects that Predictive Services staff have been involved in over the winter to improve their results. From the Spring 2018 Alaska Fire Operations Meeting.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Update from UAF Seasonal Prediction Project

Bhatt
UAF professor Uma Bhatt reviews progress on the NOAA funded project to improve longer-term predictions of Alaska's fire season. From the Spring 2018 Alaska Fire Science Workshop.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Guest Speaker Day Two - Kelly Kane

Kane
October 10th, 2018. Part of the Alaska Fall Fire Review, Kelly Kane, USFS Risk Management Program Specialist, presents on human performance.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Fire Potential Assessment in Alaska: What we do and why we do it

Moore
October 11th, 2018. Part of the annual Fall Fire Review, the presentation assessed the new National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) vs the Fire Weather Index (FWI) for Alaska.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Final Report: Cost Effectiveness of Fuel Treatments in the Alaska Boreal Region

Little, Jandt
October 9th, 2018. Part of the Alaska Fire Science Consortium workshop, the presentation gave a final report on fuel treatments.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Progress Report: Seasonal and Subseasonal Prediction, EPSCoR Project

Bhatt, Veazey
Part of the Alaska Fire Science Consortium workshop, the presentation gave a progress report on seasonal and subseasonal predictions as well as an introduction to a EPSCoR project.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Exceedance Probability Curves to Help Inform Wildfire Prioritization

Stratton
Rick Stratton explains the use of exceedance probability (EP) curves and how the information can inform decision makers regarding tradeoffs or potential impacts of fire to resources identified on the landscape.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Cohesive Strategy Stakeholders Perspectives

Strategy on fire management to reduce Impacts of wildfire through collaboration and partnership.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Prescribed Fire: Smoke Management and Regulatory Challenges - Part 2

Zupko, Lahm, Melvin, Uhl
This webinar addresses additional issues and questions that arose during the original webinar, “Prescribed Fire: Smoke Management and Regulatory Challenges." Moderator: Mike Zupko, Executive Director, Wildland Fire Leadership Council. Panelists: Pete Lahm, Smoke Manager, U.S.…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Normal Accidents - Are Wildland Fire Accidents and Fatalities Unavoidable?

Carroll, Irland
The Northeast Forest Fire Protection Compact and the North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange  held a partners meeting, Igniting Exchange: Bridging the Gap between Science and Management. A true EXCHANGE designed to expose fire managers to useful scientific studies and expose…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Spatial Tools for Wildfire Risk Assessment

Dillon
The Northeast Forest Fire Protection Compact and the North Atlantic Fire Science Exchange  held a partners meeting, Igniting Exchange: Bridging the Gap between Science and Management. A true EXCHANGE designed to expose fire managers to useful scientific studies and expose…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Wildland Smoke Series: Webinar 1

Vedal, Rao, Gilmour
This is the first webinar offered in the Air Quality Planning for Wildland Smoke series.
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Applying the WiRē Approach

"The Process". The second video in the three-part series about the Wildfire Research (WiRē) Team delves into the details of the WiRē Team process of pairing social data from residents living in the wildland urban interface with parcel level wildfire risk data. Using the…
Year: 2018
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES