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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Paz
From the text ... 'Providing nationwide leadership in the development, testing, analysis, standardization, and evaluation of equipment, materials, and procedures for the protection and management of national forests and grasslands is the mission of the Forest Service Technology…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Emmett
From the text ... 'How to improve the safety of wildland firefighters has always been a concern of Saskatchewan Fire Management and Forest Protection Branch (FMFP), the provincial agency responsible for the management of wildland fires. Even though it has never suffered a…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bowker, Lim, Cordell, Green, Rideout-Hanzak, Johnson
We used a national household survey to examine knowledge, attitudes, and preferences pertaining to wildland fire. First, we present nationwide results and trends. Then, we examine opinions across region and race. Despite some regional variation, respondents are fairly consistent…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Thomas
From the text ... 'The most important facet of any talk on High Reliability Organizing is immediately establishing the rationale for why busy wildland fire managers, who are already overloaded with firefighting safety issues and decisionmaking responsibilities, should take the…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Saveland
From the text ... 'The wildland fire management community is not waiting for the heads of agencies to furnish places free from job safety and health hazards. Rather, this community is beginning to explore state-of-the-art safe and effective operations: organizing for high…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Black, Sutcliffe, Barton, Dether
From the text ... 'Simplistically, a High Reliability Organization (HRO) is one that consistently produces the results in a dynamic, often unpredictable environment in which the consequences of errors are catastrophic. Accordingly, the error rate of an HRO is substantially lower…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wildfire hazard is a growing threat to communities around the United States. In 2011, the National Interagency Fire Center reported nearly 75,000 wildfires in the U.S., the majority of which were a result of human activities. Preferences for second homes, suburban lifestyles,…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
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
Harbour
From the text ... 'For anyone who has spent any amount of time working in the world of wildland fire management, it is not news that wildland fire management is a risky business -- that risk is inherent in our work.'
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Yao, Brauer, Henderson
Background: Exposure to wildfire smoke has been associated with cardiopulmonary health impacts. Climate change will increase the severity and frequency of smoke events, suggesting a need for enhanced public health protection. Forecasts of smoke exposure can facilitate public…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Felling your backyard tree could be fatal - logging is one of the five most dangerous jobs in the world - and this broadcast discusses the cause of injuries and how to prevent them.
Year: 2008
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Cohen
Wildfire! Preventing Home Ignitions is a 19-minute video available from the Rocky Mountain Research Station. This program tells you how a wildfire can ignite your home. A 'home ignition zone,' the area that includes a home and its immediate surroundings, determines a home's…
Year: 2008
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
The information in this report comes from 67 wildland fire incidents-from various agencies-submitted to and gathered by the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center (LLC) during 2013. (Most of these reports have been posted to the LCC's Incident Reviews Database.) Our intent is for…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schoeffler
Burns are one of the most painful, disabling, disfiguring, and costly injuries anyone can experience, requiring more medical care than all other traumas (Tutterow 2012). There is a recognized growing problem in the wildland firefighting culture whereby firefighters are exposing…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Harbour
For anyone who has spent any amount of time working in the world of wildland fire management, it is not news that wildland fire management is a risky business-that risk is inherent in our work.
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wade
The term 'backfire' refers to a commonly used method for prescribed burning in which the igniter sets a line of fire that slowly backs into the wind. This technique should not be confused with the colloquial use of the term 'backfire' for 'suppression fire,' which refers to any…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
In October, the 12th International Wildland Fire Safety Summit in Sydney, Australia brought together students of fire from all over the world to explore new approaches in wildland fire safety. Participants attended from the USA, Switzerland, Hong Kong, France, New Zealand and…
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Butler
The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) is a non-profit, professional association representing members of the global wildland fire community. The purpose of the association is to facilitate communication and leadership for the wildland fire community. Since 1997,…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander
Wilderness medicine is the practice of providing medical attention when definitive care is further that 1 hour's travel time to provide medical treatment. In very remote locations, it can take days or weeks for rescuers to reach victims. The practice of wilderness medicine comes…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander
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Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chan
Military research center focuses on heat stress reduction in a proposed 'Wildland Firefighter Advanced Personal Protection System.'
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Clay
The more we work firelines and incidents together, the more we'll be able to sense when to 'check in' and offer 'Stress First Aid,' firefighter-to-firefighter.
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wildfire firefighting has been shaped and re-shaped by tragedy fires. We've collected a range of initial responses by writers who apply the losses of Yarnell Hill to make the fireline safer for the next crews.
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lipsett, Materna, Stone, Therriault, Blaisdell, Cook
Smoke rolls into town, blanketing the city, turning on streetlights, creating an eerie and choking fog. Switchboards light up as people look for answers. Citizens want to know what they should do to protect themselves. School officials want to know if outdoor events should be…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Baxter, Dakin
A field study of fire crews using escape routes provides insights into a key element of firefighter safety.
Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES