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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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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Weaver
From the text ... 'Fire education specialists are joining with college graduate students and education majors to present a 3-day fire ecology and management program that involves both field and classroom exercises to fourth-through eighth-grade students.'
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Owens
From the text ... 'Project Learning Tree coordinators provide information and activities to make teachers feel comfortable teaching about wildland fire issues. Fire education workshops, lasting from 9 hours to a full week, cover topics such as the role of fire in ecosystems,…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cleveland
From the text ... 'The Advertising Council in partnership with the Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) launched a new series of wildfire prevention public service announcements (PSAs) in June 2008 featuring a modern Smokey Bear. Not only is his…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McCaffrey, Rhodes
In the United States, the increasing costs and negative impacts of wildfires are causing fire managers and policymakers to reexamine traditional approaches to fire management including whether mass evacuation of populations threatened by wildfire is always the most appropriate…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Takai
From the text ... 'The role and tools of public information officers are in a major transition in response to the worldwide changes in communication technologies and the rise of social media networks.'
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rideout, Ziesler, Kernohan
Assessing the value of fire planning alternatives is challenging because fire affects a wide array of ecosystem, market, and social values. Wildland fire management is increasingly used to address forest restoration while pragmatic approaches to assessing the value of fire…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cooper
From the text ... 'So what does AFF, the American Forest Foundation, have to offer? The first thing is that we have 90,000 landowners as members. We have a huge network that's already established, and on a regular basis we send out letters, emails, updates, invitations to field…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kreye, Adams, Escobedo
Forests protect water quality by reducing soil erosion, sedimentation, and pollution; yet there is little information about the economic value of conserving forests for water quality protection in much of the United States. To assess this value, we conducted a meta-analysis of…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Godwin, Ferrarese
Student fire groups, collegiate-level groups explicitly organized around topics related to wildland fire, are widespread across the country. Student fire groups are at times participants in wildland fire-oriented experiential education but are often limited by access to training…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Asah
Researchers exploring the challenges of public intolerance for forest fires in the US predominantly focus on non-managers. Forest fire managers have unique perspectives on public perceptions and attitudes towards forest fires because managers frequently interact directly with…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sutphen
From the text ... 'More than 80 percent of all wildfires in Florida occur within 1 mile of wildland-urban inferface (WUI) areas. Fires in WUI areas often present challenges for fire response, suppression, and public safety, in part because wildfire suppression may involve…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stein, Menakis, Carr, Comas, Stewart, Cleveland, Bramwell, Radeloff
From the text ... 'Fire historically has played a fundamental ecological role in many of America's wildland areas. However, the increasing number of homes in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), associated impacts on lives and property from wildfire, and escalating costs of…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mowery, Prudhomme
From the text ... 'A fire adapted community accepts wildfire as part of the natural landscape and takes responsibility for its risk. Community members understand the risk and have proactively implemented collaborative mitigation actions to successfully survive fire. Those…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
From the text ... 'The performance of homes in three traditionally built communities and that of three master planned communities, employing the concept known as 'shelter-in-place,' was examined. The shelter-in-place communities performed much better with significantly fewer…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Deaton
From the text ... 'Engaging in a fire-preparedness dialogue is particularly important for the fire departments because national studies have shown the firefighters are uniquely respected in their communities and can project a trusted voice to the public-preparedness appeal.'
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
The following list of fire research topics and questions were generated by personnel from agencies and organizations within AWFCG during 2014 Fall Fire Review and through other solicitations. The topics were initially ranked by the AWFCG Fire Research, Development and…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
With more people than ever living in the vicinity of the wildland-urban interface, communicating wildland fire management activities and building trust with the public is paramount for safety. Although the time and resources it takes to build and maintain the public's trust may…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Firewise Alaska is a reference guide developed by the Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group. Homeowners can take effective measures to protect their homes and property. Adopting Firewise principles can reduce your risk of damage or loss to your property and community. This…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Foltz, Robichaud, Rhee
We synthesized post-fire road treatment information to assist BAER specialists in making road rehabilitation decisions. We developed a questionnaire; conducted 30 interviews of BAER team engineers and hydrologists; acquired and analyzed gray literature and other relevant…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Kobziar, Rocca, Dicus, Hoffman, Sugihara, Thode, Varner, Morgan
Over the last 20 years, the duties of US fire professionals have become more complex and risk laden because of fuel load accumulation, climate change, and the increasing wildland-urban interface. Incorporation of fire use and ecological principles into fire management policies…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Ray, Trainor, Huntington, Huntington, Natcher, Rupp
Recent global environmental and social changes have created a set of "wicked problems" for which the nature of the problem is poorly defined, the future conditions uncertain, and there is no optimal solution. Athabascan communities in Interior Alaska have confronted this…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wells, Hayes, Krause, Bartuska, LeVan-Green, Anderson, Gough, Adams, Schuler, Kolka, Sebestyen, Kenefic, Brissette, Stout, Kanoti, Swanson, Greene, Herring, Ritchie, Skinner, Lisle, Keppeler, Reid, Wohlgemuth, Kitchen, McCaughey, Guldin, Bragg, Shelton, Loftis, Greenberg, Murphy
In 2008, Forest Service Research and Development celebrated the Centennial Anniversary of these Experimental Forests and Ranges. This publication celebrates the many scientists who over the course of decades conducted the long-term studies that began and are continuing to shed…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McCaffrey, Rhodes
In the United States, the increasing costs and negative impacts of wildfires are causing fire managers and policymakers to reexamine traditional approaches to fire management including whether mass evacuation of populations threatened by wildfire is always the most appropriate…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McCaffrey
An important component of the wildland fire problem in the United States is the growing number of people living in high fire hazard areas. How people in these areas contribute to fire risk-or potentially decrease it-will be shaped by their attitudes and beliefs toward different…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Gill, Stephens
At their worst, fires at the rural-urban or wildland-urban interface cause tragic loss of human lives and homes, but mitigating these fire effects through management elicits many social and scientific challenges. This paper addresses four interconnected management challenges…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES