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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Parsons
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Niering
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Dahl, Pyne, Anderson, Crow
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Coats
From the text ... 'Agency planning processes are critical to determining when and where fire is used as a management tool, not only management-ignited fire, but prescribed natural fire as well. Fire use must be linked to program management objectives, not just to arbitrary…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Truesdale
'The rising cost of fire suppression activities prompted the Regional Fire Directors, under the leadership of the Director of Fire and Aviation Management, to review the causes of fire suppression costs and recommend appropriate actions. The 1994 fire season costs were the…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
From the text and table of contents: .'This report addresses five major topic areas: 1) role of wildland fire in resource management, 2) use of wildland fire, 3) preparedness and suppression, 4) wildland/urban interface protection, and 5) coordinated program management; presents…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Burroughs, Clark
Ecosystem management links human activities with the functioning of natural environments over large spatial and temporal scales. Our examination of Greater Yellowstone and Georges Bank shows similarities exist between human uses, administrative characteristics, and some…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Chase
This note presents equations for calculating maximum spot fire distance from firebrand sources in the Intermountain West based on prevailing windspeed, vegetation cover, and terrain in the area. The equations include the capability to predict spotting distance from a torching…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Davis, Lyon
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alexander
This file memo documents the authors' initial thoughts on a broad scale fire danger classification scheme for Alaska back in 1995 and subsequently followed up by some additional comments in 2012.
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Finney
A fire growth model (FARSITE) has been developed for use on personal computers (PC's). Because PC's are commonly used by land and fire managers, this portable platform would be an accustomed means to bring fire growth modeling technology to management applications. The FARSITE…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Moore
This guide, based on a literature review and personal contacts, offers recommendations and standards for procedures in reducing losses of residences from wildfires. Possible solutions to the problem of fire protection are discussed in the broad areas of land-use planning and…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bratten, Davis, Flatman, Keith, Rapp, Storey
FOCUS (Fire Operational Characteristics Using Simulation) is a computer simulation model for evaluating alternative fire management plans. This final report provides a broad overview of the FOCUS system, describes two major modules-fire suppression and cost, explains the role in…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Marty, Barney
A guidebook has been developed to assist the fire managers and planners in estimating actual economic costs, losses, and benefits resulting from fire management activities. This guidebook was developed and tested on 12 National Forests during the 1977-79 period. The procedures…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Bradshaw, Fischer
This manual provides program writeups for two separate but related computer programs: RXWTHR and RXBURN. These programs are components of a system designed to aid fire managers in predicting the probable occurrence of desired prescribed fire weather conditions. The programs are…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Weber
International fire research activities, priorities, constraints and opportunities are examined from a late 20th century vantage point. Recent accomplishments in computer technology are identified as the single most important phenomenon responsible for the advancement of the…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Smith
ANNOTATION: The framework for harvesting and utilization opportunities for forest residues includes a number of long standing as well as recently enacted statutes. Air and water quality standards as set forth in legislation also have an effect on utilization opportunities. A…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cohen
Major wildland/urban interface fire losses, principally residences, continue to occur. Although the problem is not new, the specific mechanisms are not well known on how structures ignite in association with wildland fires. In response to the need for a better understanding of…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cole, Alexander
Poster presentation providing the graph and the interpretations associated with the head fire intensity graph for the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System Fuel Type C-2 (Boreal Spruce) on level to gently undulating terrain and 85% foliar moisture content.
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Saveland
From ancient philosophies to present day science, the ubiquity of change and the process of transformation are core concepts. The primary focus of a recent white paper on disturbance ecology is summed up by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who stated, "Nothing is permanent but…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Lee, Street
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Roessler, Juday
In Alaska, fire is one of the most important factor structuring the boreal forest. From the late 1950's until the early 1980's, aggressive initial attack was taken on all fires throughout Alaska whenever suppression resources were available. In effect, this created a full…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES