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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Alexander
Six key points are presented for discussion during breakout sessions of the 2003 International Wildland Fire Safety Summit. These key points are in no particular order. Key Point #1: The International Association of Wildland Fire needs to consider broadening the 'agenda' of the…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ruby, Leadbetter, Armstrong, Gaskill
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of load carriage on transit time during simulated escape route evacuation. Subjects (8 males, 5 females) completed two maximal field hikes in random order on two successive days (16 kg [35 lb] line gear pack trial…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kremens, Faulring, Gallagher, Seema, Vodacek
An Autonomous Fire Detector (AFD) is a miniature electronic package combining position location capability [using the Global Positioning System (GPS)], communications (packet or voice-synthesized radio), and fire detection capability (thermal, gas, smoke detector) into an…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Scott
Recent fires have spawned intense interest in fuel treatment and ecological restoration activities. Scientists and land managers have been advocating these activities for years, and the recent fires have provided incentives for federal, state, and local entities to move ahead…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Donovan, Rideout
Determining the specific mix of fire-fighting resources for a given fire is a necessary condition for identifying the minimum of the Cost Plus Net Value Change (C+NVC) function. Current wildland fire management models may not reliably do so. The problem of identifying the most…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
This FIRESTAT User's Guide shows you how to enter Individual Fire Report information using form FS-5100-29 and other sources. It is organized to help you locate and perform specific FIRESTAT functions quickly and easily.
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Stam
The fire environment on Kenai Peninsula and in south-central Alaska has experienced significant changes due to the recent spruce beetle epidemic (Fastabend 2002). Firefighters and fire researchers do not have enough experience with wildland fires that occur in the dead-spruce/…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Riebau, Fox
Fires can be catastrophic, but only when the weather permits. Predicting the weather more than a few hours into the future with accuracy, precision and reliability is an on-going challenge to researchers. Accurate and precise forecasting for more than a few hours into the future…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Hernandez
This paper is an analysis of the degradation of permeability in the F-111 Drogue cap material and of the predictive models that represent wear characteristics in the F-111 fabric. The F-111 Drogue is a sphere shaped parachute that is deployed by a static line immediately…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Andrews, Bevins
The BehavePlus fire modeling system is based on a collection of models that describe fire behavior, fire effects, and the fire environment. BehavePlus is the successor to the BEHAVE fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system (Andrews 1986, Andrews and Chase 1989, Andrews…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Goldammer
The increasing incidence, extent and severity of uncontrolled burning globally, together with its many adverse consequences, has brought fire into the international environmental policy arena, with growing calls for international action leading to greater control of burning,…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS