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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Ascher, Alexander
This videotape production (1987, 18 min) offers an overview of the co-operative experimental burning project being conducted at Big Fish Lake in northcentral Alberta since 1984 by Forestry Canada and the Alberta Forest Service (AFS).
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kulman
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Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Komarek
From the text ... 'In this particular paper, as a fire ecologist, I am not primarily interested in the economic use of fire for man, but rather in the ecological relations of fire to plants, animals, and man in those interesting and sometimes peculiar adjustments, preadaptations…
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Horton, Hopkins
[no description entered]
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stocks, McRae, Lynham, Hartley
This photo-series was designed to present photographs and a detailed inventory of fuels for important stands in the Boreal and Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Forest Regions of Ontario. Over the last 20 years, an experimental burning program conducted by Forestry Canada, Ontario…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Van Wagner
A series of graphs, tables and maps are presented that form the basis of a revised fire control plan at the Petawawa Forest Experiment Station. Called aids to fire control planning, they are classified into those describing: (a) the pattern of fire weather, (b) the trends in…
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Muraro
From the text:'Fuel type maps were once considered to be an integral tools of Forest Protection Organization. In western national forests of the United States where access was limited, fuel conditions diverse, and peak fire loads frequent, the necessity for decision-making tool…
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Van Wagner
From the introduction:'The purpose of this project is to measure the energy production of forest fires and how it is dissipated. If the use of energy output -rate is ever to become accepted as a means of describing forest fires, a simple method must be available, requiring…
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wells
Nonriparian woodlands occur on escarpments and other topographic break throughout the grassland province of central North America. Grassland vegetation is mainly correlated with gently sloping or flat terrain mantled by deep, transported soils of Pleistocene or younger age.…
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lee
Certain types and degrees of soil disturbance resulting from harvesting activities are known to result in soil degradation and thus in reduced productivity for trees. The present method of survey is a ground-based 'grid-point intercept' system and is time-consuming and costly.…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ffolliott
Fire, either as a natural occurrence or a management tool, can have beneficial effects on the environment, and its use offers opportunities for reducing fuel loads, disposing of slash, preparing seedbeds, thinning stands, increasing herbaceous plant production, increasing…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wakimoto
The public outcry about the 1988 fires in Yellowstone National Park and adjacent natural forests, coupled with concern among natural resource managers, convinced the Secretaries of the Departments of Interior and Agriculture to establish the Fire Management Policy Review Team in…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Andrews, Bradshaw
The program RXWINDOW is intended to help fire managers develop prescription windows based on desired fire behavior. It is the fifth program in the BEHAVE fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system. It reverses calculations found elsewhere in BEHAVE. In RXWINDOW, the user…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wilson
Major revisions to Rothermel's fire spread equations include the propagating flux ratio, reaction velocity, and moisture damping coefficient. The reaction intensity is of the flames alone and specifically excludes energy derived from burning char whether or not it lies in the…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Donaldson, Paul
This user's guide is an introductory manual for using the 1988 version (Burgan 1988) of the National Fire-Danger Rating System on an IBM PC or compatible computer. NFDRSPC is a window-oriented, interactive computer program that processes observed and forecast weather with fuels…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Branhagen
[no description entered]
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Feunekes, Methven, Mann
Deployment, manning, and dispatching are geographically driven activities that respond to geographically based phenomena changes in fire weather, fire danger, and potential fire behavior. Information systems or decision-aids designed to support the above activities should…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lanoville, Mawdsley
The Forest Fire Preparedness (FFP) System currently used in the Northwest Territories is presented to illustrate a procedure to systematically assess daily fire preparedness requirements. The FFP System consists of four major modules: fire weather elements, the Canadian Forest…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bushey, Stiger
This paper presents an historical review of the concepts and developmental phases of the remote ignition of forest fuels by laser devices. An approximate 20-year developmental history is outlined that culminates with recent proposed concepts qf laser ignition devices (LID). Some…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bunting
The pinyon-juniper woodlands and the sagebrush-grasslands, with a combined area of over 90 million ha, comprise a major portion of the rangelands in western North America. During pristine times fire played an important role in these vegetation types. The role of fire has changed…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lee
This paper reports on the development of the Intelligent Fire Management Information System (IFMIS), a computer program for dispatching fire suppression resources to wildfires. The program uses a number of advanced concepts to provide information to fire managers for both…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stechishen, Murray
This paper gives an overview of the history of forest fire fighting foam, foam characteristics, criteria critical to product selection, the benefits of using foam, and the results of effectiveness trials and evaluations. Source: Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Quintilio, Van Nest, Murphy, Woodard
Initial attack crews are a traditional and integral component of most fire control organizations; providing rapid, aggressive suppression capabilities while fires are small. This paper describes the methodology and results of a three-year study designed to assess the production…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Pechanec, Plummer, Robertson, Hull
In planning for sagebrush control, the following items should be considered: (1) Where, (2) when, (3) how, (4) grazing management afterward, and (5) the need for regrassing afterward. The purpose of this bulletin is to make information on these items available for use by…
Year: 1965
Type: Document
Source: TTRS