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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Carlson
Ric Carlson describes how he develops the prescription window and uses a process of constant evaluation and updating that helps him avoid the traps always inherent with boundary selection.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Carlson
Ric Carlson describes how he develops the prescription window and uses a process of constant evaluation and updating that helps him avoid the traps always inherent with boundary selection.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
The IMAGINE Prescribed Fire Prioritization Model: A Logistical and Ecological Approach to Management
IMAGINE aims to solve the issue of technology overload confronting prescribed fire managers today. As the demand to prescribe burn more acres increase, so do the demands on fire management officers (FMOs) to prioritize treatment areas. Prescribed fires accomplish multiple…
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Schaefers, Tremblatt
Julie Schaefers, Social Scientist, and Carrie Tremblatt, US Forest Service, Region 2, discuss the social science components of prescribed fire and other management activities at the Hayman Fire Science Symposium: Lessons Learned after Ten Years of Recovery, Rehabilitation, and…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Kabrick
A resource for fire practitioners and foresters alike. A clear presentation of technical information regarding forest structure and site productivity presented by John Kabrick.
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Leahy
A discussion of the effects of prescribed fire on a variety of wildlife species based on habitat requirements. It was presented by Mike Leahy as part of "Prescribing Fire for Woodland Restoration: How Is Success Measured?" at the Missouri Natural Resources Conference 2013,…
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Ottmar
Roger Ottmar led numerous field studies on the effects of smoke on firefighter health. He presented this talk at the RX410 Smoke Management Techniques class March 25-29, 2013, Fairbanks, Alaska. This 30 minute module (RX410 Unit 5B) covers effects of various smoke components…
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Black
Through a series of five dialogues sessions with fire managers from across the US (Denver, CO; Portland, OR; Salt Lake City, UT; Tallahassee, FL; and Tucson, AZ), we sought to understand and improve individual and organizational learning from reviews of escaped prescribed fires…
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Cochrane
Large wildfire frequency has increased several-fold in recent decades throughout the western United States. These changes have resulted from a combination of human land use practices, altered climates and shifting forest and fire management policies. These fires have had…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Achtemeier
Gary L. Achtemeier presented a webinar on predicting the occurrence and transport of smoke-induced dense fog (superfog) which has been implicated in roadway accidents around the nation. The webinar summarizes 20 years of collaboration between land managers in the southeastern U.…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Melvin
Annual wildfire activity has been tracked for decades. These data are necessary for securing resources, instituting fire-fighter training standards, monitoring trends, providing public safety measures, and guiding national policy needed to manage wildfire across the U.S. Much…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Lahm
A 36-minute video recorded in February 2009 as part of the Effective Communication for Smoke Management in a Changing Air Quality Environment workshops. A presentation describing a progressive approach and overreaching principles of smoke management. Also covers the development…
Year: 2009
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
O'Meilia
A 38-minute video recorded in February 2009 as part of the Effective Communication for Smoke Management in a Changing Air Quality Environment workshops. This presentation describes the purpose of Rx fire councils, provides an introduction to the Oklahoma (OK) prescribed Fire…
Year: 2009
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
George
A 42-minute presentation recorded in February 2009 as part of Effective Communication for Smoke Management in a Changing Air Quality Environment. It provides an Introduction to federal regulations which address smoke management in the context of wildland fire.
Year: 2009
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Lahm
A 50-minute presentation recorded in February 2009 as part of Effective Communication for Smoke Management in a Changing Air Quality Environment. It briefly outlines the rules, policies, and guidance dictating smoke management. This presentation is still applicable, though some…
Year: 2009
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Ottmar
Fuels are often defined based on the physical characteristics of live and dead biomass that contribute to wildland fire. Because these characteristics affect the character, size, intensity, and duration of fires, fuels are important to the understanding of fire behavior and…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Ryan
This webinar will provide an introduction to the new edition of the Rainbow series that provides fire and land management professionals and policy makers with a greater understanding of the value of cultural resource protection and the methods available to evaluate and mitigate…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Lutes
On April 18, 2012, Duncan Lutes (RMRS Fire Modeling Institute, Missoula, MT) presented a webinar hosted by the Southwest Fire Science Consortium. FOFEM is a computer program for predicting first order fire effects including tree mortality, fuel consumption, smoke production, and…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Miller
Eric Miller, BLM-Alaska Fire Service, presents the powerpoint titled, Refining Prescriptions for Ruffed Grouse Habitat Burns in Interior Alaska, at the 2011 Alaska Fire Science Workshop in Fairbanks, Alaska on October 7, 2011. Four fire effects plots were established at Fort…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Schmoll
The 2009 Nenana Ridge Prescribed Burn proved to be a successful but complex operational and logistical accomplishment. Lessons learned from the fire management perspective include effectiveness of the treatments, specifications for future fuel treatments, operational…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rupp
The Nenana Ridge Experimental Fuels Treatment Project was funded by the Joint Fire Science Program and designed to quantify the effects of fuels reduction treatments on fire behavior and post-fire vegetation dynamics in Alaska black spruce. This project began in 2006 with…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Ottmar
Fuel moistures samples along with along with duff (forest floor) consumption measurements were collected before and after the Nenana Ridge Prescribed Research Burn. These results are important as forest floor biomass and moisture are key components of fire in boreal ecosystems…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Butler
Fire proof camera boxes and sensor packages (designed to collect data on air temperature, heat energy transfer, and air flow) were installed to monitor fire behavior for the Nenana Ridge Research Burn. Aerial infrared images (used to sense heat) were also collected from a…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rupp
The Nenana Ridge Experimental Fuels Treatment Project is designed to quantify the effects of fuels reduction treatments (thinning and shearblading) on fire behavior and post-fire vegetation dynamics in Alaska black spruce. On June 17th, 2009, one unit within the Nenana Ridge…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Kolden
Considerable evidence exists that climate impacts wildfires and that climate change will continue to provide challenges for fire management. For fire managers, a key step in meeting those challenges is to identify ways to utilize climate information in order to both mitigate…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES