Alaska Reference Database

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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

 

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A 10-year review of accidents and incidents within the USDA Forest Service wildland fire system.

This document seeks to describe the wildland fire system and culture within which U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service employees operate....

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Source: FRAMES

Flame radiation is one of the important causes of wildland–urban interface (WUI) fires. PMMA, pine needle and pine wood are the most common fuels in WUI fires, but the radiant distance effect on the flaming ignitions as well as the subsequent burning...

Person: Song
Created Year: 2023
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES

We have all seen the news - hotter summers, and bigger, badder wildfires. What's going on? How did we get here? Paul tells a fast-paced story of western US forests - unintentionally yet massively changed by a century of management. He relates how these...

Person: Hessburg
Created Year: 2017
Resource Group: Media
Source: FRAMES

Background: Embers, also known as firebrands, are the leading cause of building ignition during wildland–urban fires. This is attributed both to direct ignition of material on, in, or attached to the building, and indirect ignition where they ignite...

Person: Quarles, Standohar-Alfano, Hedayati, Gorham
Created Year: 2023
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES

Research applications of three-dimensional, time-dependent, computational fluid dynamics fire behavior models, such as the Wildland Urban Interface Fire Dynamics Simulator (WFDS) [1,2], FIRETEC [3], or FIRESTAR3D [4], are progressively increasing. This...

Person: Perez-Ramirez, Graziani, Santoni, Ziegler, Hoffman, Mell, Tihay-Felicelli, Ganteaume
Created Year: 2022
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES

The SCIENCEx webinar series brings together scientists and land management experts from across U.S. Forest Service research stations and beyond to explore the latest science and best practices for addressing large natural resource challenges across the...

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Large outdoor fires have become commonplace all over the world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) defines large outdoor fires as an urban fire, tsunami-generated fire, volcano-generated fire, wildland-urban interface (WUI) fire,...

Person: Manzello, Suzuki
Created Year: 2023
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES

Since 1998, the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) has provided funding and science delivery for scientific studies associated with managing wildland fire, fuels, and fire-impacted ecosystems to respond to emerging needs of managers, practitioners, and...

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Created Year: 2022
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES

Firebrand showers are known to result in massive destruction in large outdoor fires. A key missing piece is how these ignition scenarios may be influenced by firebrand showers in conjunction with external radiant heat that would be generated by nearly...

Person: Suzuki, Manzello
Created Year: 2023
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES

Firebrand spotting is a major cause for structure losses in wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires. When firebrands land nearby and accumulate into groups or piles, they can act as a more competent ignition source compared to single firebrands. While...

Person: Zhu, Urban
Created Year: 2023
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES