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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Brown, Reinhardt
Equations for predicting duff and large woody fuel (7.6+ cm) consumption are summarized. Dependent variables are duff depth reduction, percentage duff depth reduction, percentage mineral soil, large fuel diameter reduction, and percentage large fuel reduction. Opportunities to…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hungerford, Campbell
Predictions of soil heating for two models were compared with temperatures and moisture contents measured in laboratory experiments. Columns packed with soil of different water contents and bulk densities were placed under a radiant gas heater. Temperature and water content were…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Viney, Hatton, Dawes
The moisture content of the litter is one of the most important environmental factors affecting the ignition and propogation of a forest fire. The concept of equilibrium moisture content has proven utility in making a meaningful connection between weather and litter moisture.…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Todd, Kourtz
People are responsible for starting two out of every three forest fires in Canada. To efficiently suppress these fires while they are still small, a modern forest fire control organization must be able to predict their numbers and locations one day in advance. Contrary to…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McAlpine, Wakimoto
The acceleration phase of a forest fire, from ignition to the equilibrium rate of spread, is perhaps the most important phase of fire behavior because often it represents the only time period in which suppression efforts could be effective. A series of experimental fires in a…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Davi
Computers are rapidly expanding into the urban fire safety area. This paper presents some social implications caused by the use of computers for fire safety databases, arson prediction programs, and fire simulation programs. In regards to the new technological advances this…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ross, Smith, O'Brien
Stand ages and fire scars were used to piece together the histories of stand-replacing conflagrations and noncatastrophic fires, respectively, in a 1500-hectare area east of Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada. The overall distribution of stand ages in the study area indicates a…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Saveland
The impact of fire suppression on ecosystems with long fire return intervals has been considered negligible. It is argued that, since fire suppresssion has been effective for only the last 30 to 50 years, fire suppresssion could not possibly have had much of an impact where the…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Keiter, Boyce
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mohr, Moody
'The intent of this guide is to serve as a 'checklist' for the Incident Commander and General Staff (Planning Section Chief, Operations Chief, and Logistics Section Chief), Division Supervisors, Strike Team Leaders, Crew Superintendents, and the Firefighters. Accomplishment of '…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brown, Arno
Protection of resources from fire has increased the risk of severe fires and reduced resource values in some ecosystems. Constraints on use of prescribed fire have limited its effectiveness in meeting resource goals. This predicament is discussed by describing the ecological…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gonzalez-Espinosa, Quintana-Ascencio, Ramirez-Marcial, Gaytan-Guzman
We present floristic and structural data on seral plant communities (Old-Field, Grassland, Shrubland, and Early Successional, Mid-Successional, and Mature Forest) resulting from the current land use pattern in the Pinus-Quercus forests in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico. The…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jean, Bouchard
Historical aerial photographs (from 1946 through 1983) were used to study and describe the nature and extent of changes in wetland vegetation of a section of the St. Lawrence River and to evaluate the relative importance of water level, fire, and vegetational development as…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McCleese, Nichols, Walton
In this paper, several innovations to the firefighting process are summarized. Organizational innovations include the Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Protection Initiative, common interagency emergency management procedures, and the National Interagency Incident Management System…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Clark, Tankersley
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Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cohen
Wildland fire is a significant component of nearly all North American ecosystems. High intensity, stand-replacement fires are normal in certain ecosystems, especially in the northern Rocky Mountains. Wilderness fire managers are obligated to let fire operate as a natural…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cohen
The essence of the wildland/urban interface fire problem is the loss of homes. The problem is not new, but is becoming increasingly important as more homes with inadequate adherence to safety codes are built at the wildland/urban interface. Current regulatory codes are…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Fujioka
On the heels of the Yellowstone fires of 1988, a Cabinet-level fire management review team recommended research "to improve the ability to predict severe fire behavior, conduct long-term weather forecasting, and identify past abnormal events." In a 1989 report, a Forest Service…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ball, Guertin
FIREMAP is a model for simulating surface fire spread through heterogeneous fuels and over non-uniform terrain. The model was constructed using PROMAP, a language which allows dynamic spatial models to be constructed using raster GIS data bases. The GIS system is used to…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Saveland
Adaptive resource management is a continuous learning process in which current knowledge always leads to further experimentation and discovery. Adaptive management evolves by learning from mistakes. Designing adaptive management strategies involves four tasks. First, the problem…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Roads, Ueyoshi, Chen, Alpert, Fujioka
The forecast skill of the National Meteorological Center's medium range forecast (MRF) numerical forecasts of fire weather variables is assessed for the period June 1,1988 to May 31,1990. Near-surface virtual temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and a derived fire weather…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Viney
Models describing the moisture content of forest fuels are an integral component of most fire behaviour prediction systems. In this paper, models of all aspects of moisture change in fine, dead, surface litter are examined and reviewed. Included are models describing the changes…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Shands
Abstract is not available online.
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bailey
This article was part of a presentation 'Fire in Resource Management' at the National Advanced Resource Technology Training Center in Marana, AZ, in April 1990 and January 1991.
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hamilton
Although the Stand Prognosis Model has several stochastic components, features have been included in the model in an attempt to minimize run-to-run variation attributable to these stochastic components. This has led many users to assume that comparisons of management…
Year: 1991
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES