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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Topic
Year
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Hibbert
[no description entered]
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Adams
The results of controlled burning on cut-over jack pine sites in southeastern Manitoba can be summarized as follows: (1) The fire hazard resulting from jack pine slash was eliminated on all the areas burned. (2) On most areas a good proportion of the organic material was removed…
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McDonald, Schimke
The the Challenge Experimental Forest, 29 acres of slash were broadcast burned on five small clearcut plots (2 to 10 acres) at a cost of $57.00 per acre. Fuel-weight measurements showed reductions of 68 to 84% after the burn. Modifications to plot size, shape, and orientation…
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Williams
From the text...'A fire-control problem of major proportions in B.C., as in many other areas, results from hazardous accumulations of logging slash. The basic question is whether it is wiser to give cut-over areas added protection and tolerate the increased hazards introduced by…
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McRae
An increase in the use of prescribed fire as a forest management tool is anticipated in Ontario where its use is viewed as a viable method of site preparation for regeneration purposes. Literature available on prescribed burning in the jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) logging…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Van Wagner
A series of three 4—acre plots in a jack pine cut over were burned at three degrees of fire hazard. The weather, fire behaviour, and effects are reported, and a general conclusion drawn by others was confirmed: slash hazard is reduced by any running fire, but certain desired…
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kiil
It is generally recognized that logging slash, by increasing the concentration of forest fuels, creates a high forest fire hazard. The most severe fire hazard is found on clearcuts where fuels are usually continuous and exposed to the dessicating effects of prevailing weather…
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gruell
Grazing impact by elk and moose has been a point of concern in Jackson Hole for many years. Concern has been primarily directed toward sparsely vegetated south aspects, aspen stands, and willow bottoms. Numerous transects have quantified heavy forage utilization. Trend studies…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bruner
[no description entered]
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Beaufait
[no description entered]
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Frandsen, Andrews
Predicting fire behavior in nonuniform fuel arrays is a problem requiring: 1. A method of assessing fuel nonuniformity, 2. A method of simulating fuel nonuniformity, and 3. An algorithm governing fire spread through a simulated array. Satisfying these requirements is the…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Fuquay, Baughman, Latham
A model has been developed for predicting the number of lightning-fire ignitions in wildland fuels. The model is based on both stochastic and physical processes. Stochastic methods are used to generalize the lightning storm characteristics and site conditions that affect the…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Phillips
Some of you may be like I am: a thick-skinned, hard-of-hearing traditionalist. For many years we fire fighters, fire managers, and resource managers have been bombarded, lambasted and harangued about the need to integrate fire and fire management into plans for managing wildland…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lyon
Land use planning has truly reached a high plateau in this country. Planning is firmly entrenched and here to stay. With the population increase and therefore increased resource demands, our resource producing land base is shrinking. We must strive for maximum production on the…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schroeder, Chandler
From tabulated frequency distributions of fire danger indexes for a nationwide network of 89 stations, the probabilities of four types of fire behavior ranging from 'fire out' to 'critical' were calculated for each month and are shown in map form.
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pryor, Yuill
A program was undertaken to define the life hazard in a mass fire environment resulting from nuclear attack. The nature of casualties and hazards in peacetime and wartime fires was reviewed, and experimental efforts to simulate mass fire situations were studied. This state-of-…
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hull, O'Dell, Schroeder
Weather is one of the dominant factors responsible for uncontrollable spread of mass fires in both urban and rural areas. Identification of the weather types causing critical burning conditions in 14 contiguous regions of the United States was the subject of the previous report…
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nelson
The policy for dealing with fires on National Forest System lands was changed in 1977, in essence from control to management. The change was based on the knowledge and understanding that fire can result in a positive effect on wildland resources. Land managers were directed to…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Burgan
Describes a model for estimating moisture content of live herbs, shrubs, and grasses as part of the 1978 NFDRS. Weather parameters are used to calculate moisture content for annual or perennial herbaceous plants and leaves and twigs of small woody plants. Provides for adjusting…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Gray
From Introduction and Background: During 1976-77, the Slave Lake Forest prepared a Management Issues Report that outlined, in order of priority, all areas requiring integrated resource management planning. The Big Bend area was designated as the priority area for fire danger…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Johnson
The Weibull distribution is shown to fit well with empirical data of fire intervals for a population of sites. The distribution demonstrates that the recurrence of fire in the subarctic forests of the Northwest Territories, Canada, is predictable. The three parameters of the…
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Fahnestock
[no description entered]
Year: 1979
Type: Document
Source: TTRS