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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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This IFTDSS (Interagency Fuels Treatment Decision Support System) course is available anytime on the Wildland Fire Learning Portal. You can enroll yourself in this on-demand online course once you enter the Wildland Fire Learning Portal. Select "How to Use IFTDSS for Rx Burn…
Year: 2023
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
Panda, Badola, Smith
About this course
Wildfires are a natural and essential part of our ecosystem, recycling soil nutrients and renewing healthy forests. In Alaska, around one million acres (4000 km2) burn every year, and record years have seen as many as six million acres burned. Most of these…
Year: 2023
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
Thoman, Walsh
About this course
You will learn from researchers and staff from a variety of disciplines at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ International Arctic Research Center and its collaborators.
An introduction to a variety of areas of expertise, from atmospheric science to…
Year: 2023
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Cruz
The VI Short Course on Fire Behaviour was held at the VI International Conference on Forest Fire Research, November 13-14, 2010, Coimbra, Portugal. Lesson 3 covered crown fires, and the presentation included:
Introduction to Crown Fires
Understanding of Crown Fire Behavior From…
Year: 2010
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
The Fire Modeling Institute’s (FMI) mission is to connect and support managers, scientists, and the public in addressing fire and fuels management and education needs, using the best fire science and technology available, current information from scientific literature, and…
Type: Program
Source: FRAMES
The Wildfire Research (WiRē) Center is a nonprofit organization that works with wildfire practitioners seeking pathways to create fire adapted communities. Historically, immediate threats and wildfire response have garnered much attention and resources. While these efforts…
Type: Program
Source: FRAMES
Leavell, Berger, Fitzgerald, Parker
This curriculum is designed to teach the basics of fire to non-fire-professional community members, including instructors and landowners, such as ranchers and farmers. The goal is to reduce risk and fire hazard through education and understanding. This curriculum is divided into…
Year: 2017
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
A 60 to 90 minute short course covering the basics of smoke impacts, regulations, smoke management, and communication.
Type: Course
Source: FRAMES
The purpose of the NPS Alaska Fire Ecology Program is to understand the ecological effects of fire on the landscape. Information is collected and analyzed about the effects of fire on vegetation, fuels, soil, and wildlife habitat. Information is also collected on the the fire…
Type: Program
Source: FRAMES
A recent spruce bark beetle outbreak killed a large number of spruce trees in the Anchorage wildland-urban interface. Wildland fire managers believe the city is exposed to a significant wildfire risk due to the large number of people that live in the Anchorage bowl and the large…
Type: Program
Source: FRAMES
Bannock
The Mission of the Spruce Bark Beetle Mitigation Program is to help protect the lives and property of the residents of the Kenai Peninsula Borough by identifying and mitigating wildfire and other hazards related to spruce bark beetle-killed spruce, and to replant forests…
Type: Program
Source: FRAMES
Haskell
The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) was created by Congress in 1998 as an interagency research, development, and applications partnership between the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Funding priorities and policies are set by the JFSP…
Type: Program
Source: FRAMES