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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Knight
From the Introduction ... 'The vegetation mosaic in any landscape is a function of environmental variation and historic disturbances, whether caused by humans or other factors. Many studies have focused on species composition in relation to environmental gradients, and secondary…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sellers, Despain
From the text ... 'Over 1,900,000 acres (770,000 ha) of Yellowstone Park are managed as wilderness. The administrative policy for the management of natural areas of the National Park system such as Yellowstone clearly stated in 1970 The presence or absence of natural fire within…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sanderson
From the Summary ... 'As fire management is integrated into land management, the decisions made will determine how, when, and where fire will be used or suppressed.The most pronounced changes in the direction in which fire management is moving are the reduction of accumulations…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ahlstrand
From the text... 'Although the National Park Service has been largely successful in operating park lands for the enjoyment of the public. preservation attempts have oftentimes impaired these natural areas by bringing about unplanned and undesired changes in the ecosystems (Stone…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cooper
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Reifsnyder
At the request of the World Meteorological Organization, a hierarchical system for rating forest fire danger was developed. The system uses generally available meteorological measurements to evaluate the flammability of wildland fuels anywhere in the world. The basic framework…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fellman
'...'The development of beautiful diagnostic methods enables us to slice through and unpeel a flame,' says Howard B. Palmer, professor of energy science at Penn State University and president of the Combustion Institute, the largest professional organization in this field. Many…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mutch
In summary, there are some individuals who see prescribed fire, especially wilderness fires, as a threat to the fire prevention program. Others are equally frustrated because they feel the simplistic message of Smokey is in opposition to, or makes it more difficult to achieve,…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Habeck
The present-day northern Rocky Mountain vegetation is the product of a long history of geologic and climatic events that have interacted with the species populations composing the regional flora. General concepts relating to the organization, classification, and dynamic nature…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kilgore
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bjornsen
There are five principle categories of fire management planning which have meteorological needs; many of them common. Meteorological data is essential to execution of fire plans. The data, historical and forecasted, is an integral part of each fire plan. There is shared…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Dieterich
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
George, Johnson
Updates data (Research Note INT-91) for measuring viscosity of fire retardants in the field by means of the Marsh Funnel. New data cover Tenogum and gum-thickened Fire-Trol 931. Data for Gelgard (no longer available) have been dropped.
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Smith
Fire management simulation models are used to predict the impact of changes in the fire management program on fire outcomes. As with all models, the goal is to abstract reality without seriously distorting relationships between variables of interest. One important variable of…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schlobohm, Rochna
The ability of fire suppressant foams to improve ground-applied fire control efforts was evaluated. Foaming agents and foam-generating systems were examined. Performance evaluations were made for direct attack, indirect attack, and mop-up. Foam was determined to suppress and…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Dimitrakopoulos
According to National Fire Management Analysis System (NFMAS) assumptions, escaped fires are those that exceed the defined maximum size (1000 acres), containment time limit (8 hours), or the capabilities of the suppression forces dispatched by the user. Acreage for each fire…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Simard, Donoghue
Describes, from a historical perspective, methods used to characterize fire prevention problems and evaluate prevention programs and discusses past research efforts to bolster these analytical and management efforts. Highlights research on the sociological perspectives of the…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Murphy, Cole
The Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, uses prescribed fire for habitat improvement on over 400 National Wildlife Refuges across the United States. Wildfire is a problem on some refuges. Escaped fires have resulted in fatalities and the loss of millions…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nichols, Warren
The Forest Fire Advanced System Technology (FFAST) project is developing a data system to provide near-real-time forest fire information to fire management at the fire Incident Command Post (ICP). The completed conceptual design defined an integrated forest fire detection and…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Tokle
In the year 2025, wildland fire fighting practices have improved significantly over the method employed during the late 1900's. Improved methods for predicting severe fire weather conditions, the establishment of the North American Fire Coordination Center, and the utilization…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
George, Blakely, Johnson
Forest fire retardant research was divided into five different study areas: (1) retardant effectiveness; (2) retardant physical properties; (3) retardant delivery systems; (4) retardant-caused corrosion; and 5) retardant environmental impact. Past research is reviewed for each…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Eaton
For more than a half-century, it has been public policy to suppress all brush and forest fires, yet contrary to Smokey the Bear's conventional wisdom, not all fires may be harmful. Recent evidence suggests that periodic small fires may benefit forests and wildlife. A long period…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Helmers
Fire access usually should be via ridges, where soil tends to be shallow, erosion hazards minimal, and timber cover most open. Dry slopes with deep permafrost or none are useable, but any slope is a potential erosion hazard. Permafrost areas, muskegs, and poorly drained sites…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Albini
This paper presents a brief survey of the research literature on wildfire behavior and effects and assembles formulae and graphical computation aids based on selected theoretical and empirical models. The uses of mathematical fire behavior models are discussed, and the general…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS