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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Vegetation change has been observed across Arctic and boreal regions. Studies have often documented large-scale greening trends, but they have also identified areas of browning or shifts between greening and browning over varying spatial extents and time periods. At the same…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Higuera
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
Ecological properties governed by threshold relationships can exhibit heightened sensitivity to climate change. This talk focuses on understanding the consequences of climate change for fire activity in select…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Moore
Presented By: Chris Moore
March 29th, 2019. Part of the Interagency Spring Fire Operations Meeting, the presentation gave an overview of the new Alaska Fire Danger Operating Plan and AWFCG group being formed.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Bartolome, Princevac, Weise, Mahalingam, Ghasemian, Venkatram, Vu, Aguilar
Smoke from human-induced fires such as prescribed fires can occasionally cause significant reduction in visibility on highways in the southern United States. Visibility reduction to less than three meters has been termed 'superfog' and environmental conditions that lead to its…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Navarro, Kleinman, Mackay, Reinhardt, Balmes, Broyles, Ottmar, Naher, Domitrovich
Wildland firefighters are exposed to wood smoke, which contains hazardous air pollutants, by suppressing thousands of wildfires across the U. S. each year. We estimated the relative risk of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality from existing PM2.5 exposure-response…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Penney, Habibi, Cattani
This paper provides analysis of international fire service siege wildfire suppression thresholds and reports on the effect of forest fuel structure, fire weather condition and terrain on the suitability of suppression strategies. Further, this study applies a fire engineering…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pausas, Bond
Alexander von Humboldt is a key figure in the history of ecology and biogeography who contributed to shape what is today ecology, as well as the environmentalist movement. His observation that the world’s vegetation varies systematically with climate was one of his many…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ziel
"Risk is defined as a measure of the probability and consequence of uncertain future events" (Thompson et al 2016). We are uncertain about many things each day, though only when that uncertainty interferes with a decision is a risk considered and possibly taken. In that…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Twidwell, Wonkka, Wang, Grant, Allen, Fuhlendorf, Garmestani, Angeler, Taylor, Kreuter, Rogers
Mechanisms underlying the loss of ecological resilience and a shift to an alternate regime with lower ecosystem service provisioning continues to be a leading debate in ecology, particularly in cases where evidence points to human actions and decision-making as the primary…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bhuiyan, Moseley, Medal, Rashidi, Grala
Reducing the potential damage caused by a wildfire is a problem of significant importance to land and fire managers. Fuel reduction treatment is a well-known method of reducing the risk of fire occurrence and spread on landscapes. However, officials seeking fuel reduction…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lasslop, Coppola, Voulgarakis, Yue, Veraverbeke
Purpose of Review: Understanding of how fire affects the carbon cycle and climate is crucial for climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. As those are often based on Earth system model simulations, we identify recent progress and research needs that can improve the…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
O'Dell, Ford Hotmann, Fischer, Pierce
Seasonal-mean concentrations of particulate matter with diameters smaller than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) have been decreasing across the United States (US) for several decades, with large reductions in spring and summer in the eastern US. In contrast, summertime-mean PM2.5 in the western…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The NWCG Standards for Wildland Fire Module Operations standardizes procedures and expectations for Wildland Fire Modules (WFMs). These standards are to be used by staff, supervisors, specialists, and technicians for planning, administering, and conducting WFM operations. These…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ziel
Presented By: Robert (Zeke) Ziel
March 27th, 2019. Part of the Alaska Fire Science Consortium workshop, the presentation gave an overview The Science of Fire Hazard, Potential, and Risk, the topic of the workshop.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
York
Presented By: Alison York
March 27th, 2019. Part of the Alaska Fire Science Consortium workshop, the presentation gave an update of recent AFSC activities.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Tomlinson, Smith
Presented By: Mike Smith and Caleb Tomlinson
March 27th, 2019. Part of the Alaska Fire Science Consortium workshop, the presentation gave an overview on the Fire Management in the Yukon Territory.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rupp
Presented By: Scott Rupp
March 28th, 2019. Part of the Interagency Spring Fire Operations Meeting preseason update, an overview was given on the CASC climatology project.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Paragi, Brinkman
Presented By: Tom Paragi and Todd Brinkman
March 27th, 2019. Part of the Alaska Fire Science Consortium workshop, the presentation gave an overview on three assessment methods for looking at post fuel treatment areas.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Macander, York
Presented By: Matt Macander and Alison York
March 27th, 2019. Part of the Alaska Fire Science Consortium workshop, the presentation gave an overview of the new SERDP funded project on resiliency and vulnerability.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Kirsch
Presented By: Andrew Kirsch
March 27th, 2019. Part of the Alaska Fire Science Consortium workshop, the presentation gave an overview on the tool STARFire and potential way of measuring wildfire risk via fragility.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Cahur
Presented By: Mark Cahur
March 27th, 2019. Part of the Alaska Fire Science Consortium workshop, the presentation gave an overview of the Chugach risk assessment.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Bhatt
Presented By: Uma Bhatt
March 28th, 2019. Part of the Interagency Spring Fire Operations Meeting, the presentation gave an update on the UAF seasonal prediction project and EPSCoR project.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Strader
Presented By: Heidi Strader
March 28th, 2019. Part of the Interagency Spring Fire Operations Meeting, the presentation gave the seasonal outlook for the 2019 fire season.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Conduct your home risk assessment on Wildfire Prep Day.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES