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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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 challenges of the 2020 Fire Year have validated the Cohesive Strategy and proven its foundational value for additional success and achievement across boundaries and landscapes in the West. The following pages offer a snapshot of 2020 activities and successes in the Western…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fagen, Weir, Payne
Landowners across the country are constantly looking for ways to innovate and become more efficient in their everyday practices. Land managers who choose to practice prescribed fire are no different. Landowners know adequate equipment and personnel are needed to conduct each…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stonesifer, Calkin, Thompson, Belval
Across the globe, aircraft that apply water and suppressants during active wildfires play key roles in wildfire suppression, and these suppression resources can be highly effective. In the United States, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service (USFS) aircraft account for a…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Vuorio, Kovanen, Budowle, Sajantila, Palo, Stoop
Despite the increased frequency and scale of wildfire-related catastrophes, there has been little or no effective and coordinated international policy to address their highly negative impact. Possibly a generalized approach to respond to such major events could be modeled on…
Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cronan
The idea of using sensors to remotely measure things is not new. Aerial photos taken from hot air balloons were first proposed as a tool for mapping streets in the 1850s. In 1941, a US Forest Service ranger developed a technique for mapping fuels with aerial photos. Recent…
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Percival, Noste
Briefly discusses fire-fighting problems in interior Alaska, and describes the successful use there, for water-dropping, of helicopters equipped with special buckets that can be filled from ponds or lakes while the aircraft is hovering. Several sizes of helicopter and bucket…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lait, Taylor
Describes the application, in the boreal forest, of Australian methods of counter-firing by incendiary capsules dropped from helicopters [cf. FA 32, 945]. A prototype machine was developed for the priming and release of the capsules, since these operations are slow and awkward…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS