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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Tedim, Leone
This paper presents the results of an explorative survey, based on a questionnaire sent by email, about how wildfire experts, operating in different countries, perceive wildfire and express their mindset by defining “wildfire” from a list of 14 terms and how they justify their…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stoof, Chalton, Withington, Belval, Foderi
Wildland Fire Management under COVID-19: Results of a Global Survey - Cathelijne Stoof, Assistant Professor, Soil Geography and Landscape Group, Coordinator Wageningen Fire Centre, Wageningen University, Netherlands"
This talk summarizes the results of a…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
The 2019 McKinley Fire devastated a 10-mile stretch of homes along Alaska's Parks Highway. This video describes the fire and its aftermath through interviews with residents and fire professionals, and discusses ways to protect structures from wildfires.
Useful websites about…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
McCaffrey, Toman, Stidham, Shindler
As with other aspects of natural-resource management, the approach to managing wildland fires has evolved over time as scientific understanding has advanced and the broader context surrounding management decisions has changed. Prior to 2000 the primary focus of most fire…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Black, McBride
This study examined the effects of organisational, environmental, group and individual characteristics on five components of safety climate (High Reliability Organising Practices, Leadership, Group Culture, Learning Orientation and Mission Clarity) in the US federal wildland…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Frederick
From the text ... 'For many younger seasonal temporary employees, fighting fire amounts to a cool job but not a career.'
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gordon, Gruver, Flint, Luloff
Despite a broad literature addressing the human dimensions of wildfire, current approaches often compartmentalize results according to disciplinary boundaries. Further, relatively few studies have focused on the public's evolving perceptions of wildfire as communities change…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hall
From the text ... 'The Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management (FAM) program and the Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers (JCCCC) have formed an innovative partnership to expand the influence of the Job Corps program in filling future fire management positions in the…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cantrell
From the text ... 'If your goal is to take an instructor-led vocational course and convert it for Web-based training (WBT), it will work best if you view it as a completely new course creation. This is not to say that a current, instructor-led training (ILT) course will not be…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ryan, Knapp, Varner
Whether ignited by lightning or by Native Americans, fire once shaped many North American ecosystems. Euro-American settlement and 20th Century fire suppression practices drastically altered historic fire regimes, leading to excessive fuel accumulation and uncharacteristically…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brown, Saul
Isaac Saul of A Plus interviews Sara Brown, director of the USFS Fire Lab’s Fire, Fuels, and Smoke Sciences Program. Sara Brown explains how to stop wildfires from being major disaster events in the United States. The interview provides an overview about the fire situation in…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Skowronski, Hiers
This webinar is part of NAFSE's Prescribed Fire Science Workshop Webinar Series. It was broadcast on July 16, 2020 to kick off the series.
This webinar has 2 parts:
1. Prescribed Fire Science and Co-production: by Dr. Nick Skowronski, Research Forester with the USDA Forest…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Deaton
While a wildfire is a natural occurrence, the loss of communities to fire is not. Community engagement and empowerment can stop life and property loss from wildfire and keep the wildfire from becoming a disaster. This presentation will share how the Firewise USA® Program, and…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Moore
The world is on fire! or similar was a heading in the media, journals and other communication throughout 2019 and up until COVID-19. In 2000 WWF and IUCN released a review a global review of forest fires due to the many high profile fire events of 1998-1999. In between there…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rappold, Hano
In recent years, smoke from wildland fires has affected populations both near and far from the fire locations. A public health response to smoke intrusion presents a complex challenge, and many communities are aiming to develop effective smoke preparedness and response plans. In…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Cardil
The industry needs methodologies and tools for improved fire management, decision-making and planning in order to minimize damage and impacts on the environment and society. Applied fire science must support all the challenges that fire agencies face during the fire seasons…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Dillon, Fay
Learn about the science and data used to calculate and map wildfire risk nationwide in the new Wildfire Risk to Communities website. Hear from the project’s technical lead about the use of LANDFIRE and other input datasets, the methods for modeling and mapping wildfire risk, and…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Dillon, Fay, Pohl
See a demonstration of the new Wildfire Risk to Communities website, including use of the interactive maps, charts, and resources available for every community, county, and state in the U.S. Learn how the website and downloadable resources can help community leaders such as…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Varner, Stivers, Dooley, Quinn-Davidson, Rau, Prusak
This video is a compilation of experienced prescribed fire council leaders talking about some of the benefits that they have seen in their states and across the country. The overall theme across all the messages is unity and collaboration for a common goal. Each council has…
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Sicafuse, Maletsky, Evans, Singletary
The National Evaluation of the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Consortia aims to assess the processes and outcomes of consortia programming at the aggregate national level. This ongoing evaluation includes four components: An online survey, targeting the fire science…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schumann, Mockrin, Syphard, Whittaker, Price, Johnson-Gaither, Emrich, Butsic
Recent decades have witnessed an escalation in the social, economic, and ecological impacts of wildfires worldwide. Wildfire losses stem from the complex interplay of social and ecological forces at multiple scales, including global climate change, regional wildfire regimes…
Year: 2020
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Goldstein, Taufen Wessells, Lejano, Butler
How can communities enhance social-ecological resilience within complex urban systems? Drawing on a new urbanist proposal in Orange County, California, it is suggested that planning that ignores diverse ways of knowing undermines the experience and shared meaning of those living…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Just under half (44%) of U.S. voters say 'uncontrollable wildfires that destroy property and forests 'is a serious problem, facing the nation - with one-in-four calling it an 'extremely' or 'very' serious problem. This is the highest proportion to register this view since 2007.
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Prudhomme, Steinberg
An estimated 8.8 million U.S. students in grades six through 12 reside in wildland/urban interface areas. Cathy Prudhomme and Michele Steinberg with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) describe innovative efforts to reinforce the importance of wildfire awareness and…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ryan, Knapp, Varner
Whether ignited by lightning or by Native Americans, fire once shaped many North American ecosystems. Euro-American settlement and 20th-century fire suppression practices drastically altered historic fire regimes, leading to excessive fuel accumulation and uncharacteristically…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES