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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Thomas, Butry
Each year, wildland fires threaten structures and occupants of the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Currently, wildfire ignition estimates largely exclude ignitions originating within municipal jurisdictions, which contain the majority of the US population. The objective of this…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kocher, Toman, Trainor, Wright, Briggs, Goebel, MontBlanc, Oxarart, Peppin, Steelman, Thode, Waldrop
In 2009, the federal Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) initiated a national network of boundary organizations, known as regional fire science consortia, to accelerate the awareness, understanding, and use of wildland fire science. Needs assessments conducted by consortia in…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Randerson, Chen, Van der Werf, Rogers, Morton
In several biomes, including croplands, wooded savannas, and tropical forests, many small fires occur each year that are well below the detection limit of the current generation of global burned area products derived from moderate resolution surface reflectance imagery. Although…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
"Prescribed Fire Escapes: Are We Learning Anything?" this issue's cover story, explores whether or not we're actually learning from our escapes-and how we can help to ensure that we are. Also in this issue: two burn bosses share their key lessons and hard-earned insights; plus…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
"Initial Attack-We're Doing a Good Job, But..." This issue's cover story, explores the challenges and risks-potential pitfalls-that might await you on your next IA assignment. Travis Dotson's "Ground Truths" delves into why we love IA, as well as its associated dangers and…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
This issue focuses on firing operations. What does a good firing show look like? And, what could go wrong? If you've ever heard: "Hustle up, the window is closing!" you'll want to check out Travis Dotson's "Ground Truths" page. Our "Shop Talk" page provides you an interactive…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wheels, Wings, and Rotors. Getting there and getting back. It's our most dangerous activity. How come? This issue takes a deeper look into why firefighters keep getting injured and killed in driving and flying accidents. Included in this issue: a firsthand driving accident…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rocha, Loranty, Higuera, Mack, Hu, Jones, Breen, Rastetter, Goetz, Shaver
Recent large and frequent fires above the Alaskan arctic circle have forced a reassessment of the ecological and climatological importance of fire in arctic tundra ecosystems. Here we provide a general overview of the occurrence, distribution, and ecological and climate…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Larkin, Strand, Drury, Raffuse, Solomon, O'Neill, Wheeler, Huang, Rorig, Hafner
Managers, regulators, and others often need information on the emissions from wildland fire and their expected smoke impacts. In order to create this information, combinations of models are utilized. The modeling steps follow a logical progression from fire activity through to…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Larkin, DeWinter, Strand, Brown, Raffuse, Callahan, Craig, Solomon, Hafner
The deposition of black carbon (BC), a dark absorbing aerosol, is a significant contributor to observed warming trends in the Arctic (Hansen and Nazarenko, 2004; Jacobson et al., 2007). Biomass burning outside of the Arctic, including wildland prescribed fires, is a major…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wright, Aman
Wildfire hazard is a growing problem in many areas of the United States, especially in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), where homes and other structures border or intermingle with forests, shrubs and grasslands. Despite years of educational outreach by fire management…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Swanson, Brodie, Goodrich
This project examined existing programs and potential options for collaborations among the humanities, art, science, land management, and public concerning wildfire and wildfire policy and education. These programs and partnerships include creative residencies; conferences,…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Moseley, Gebert, Jakes, Leete, Nielsen-Pincus
Large wildfires disrupt the lives of workers, families, and employers. However, fire suppression and recovery efforts may provide economic opportunities. Unlike with other natural hazards, there has been little research about how wildfires affect local economies. The purpose of…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hyde, Smith, Bye
A report to the NWCG Smoke Committee examining the degree of smoke training (via completion of 'Smoke Management Techniques' or 'Prescribed Fire Plan Preparation') for positions identified by a previous report as having smoke management criteria within their position task books…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
West
This document describes the processing algorithms used by the SMAP ground system to compute radar backscatter (sigma 0) products along with the relevant system characteristics. There are two L1 products: the L1BS0 product which contains time ordered low resolution (6 km by 40 km…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jafarov, Marchenko, Romanovsky
Climate projections for the 21st century indicate that there could be a pronounced warming and permafrost degradation in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Climate warming is likely to cause permafrost thawing with subsequent effects on surface albedo, hydrology, soil organic…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mell, Bova, Forney, Rehm, McDermott
The last 15 years have seen the development of wildland and wildland-urban interface (WUI) fire behavior models that make use of modern numerical methods in atmospheric and combustion physics. Currently, these approaches are too computationally expensive for operational use and…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Olmstead, Kousky, Sedjo
This project has explored the hypothesis that public fire suppression in fire‐prone areas acts as a subsidy to landowners, incentivizing conversion of land to residential and commercial development. Landowners do not bear the full cost of their choice to build on land in fire‐…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Smith, Brewer
Forest managers are currently tasked to consider carbon retention as part of their management objectives at the stand level, including hazardous fuels reduction, which temporarily removes live-tree biomass carbon from a stand when prescribed fire follows the thinning treatment.…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jahn, Putnam, Black
This document is a summary of a mixed methods dissertation that examined the communicative construction of safety in wildland firefighting. For the dissertation, I used a two-study mixed methods approach, examining the communicative accomplishment of safety from two perspectives…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Black, Saveland, Thomas, Ziegler
The US wildland fire community has been interested in cultivating organizational learning to improve safety and overall performance for a number of years. A key focus has been on understanding the difference between culpability (to be guilty) and accountability (to explain) and…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Shindler, Toman, McCaffrey, Stidham, Gordon, Olsen, Frederick, Maier
Considerable social science research has been conducted at the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) since inception of the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) and National Fire Plan (NFP). The Current project was designed to meet two primary goals: 1) summarize and prioritize current…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ghio, Soukup, Case, Dailey, Richards, Berntsen, Devlin, Stone, Rappold
Objectives: Human exposure to wood smoke particles (WSP) impacts on human health through changes in indoor air quality, exposures from wild fires, burning of biomass and air pollution. This investigation tested the postulate that healthy volunteers exposed to WSP would…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hrobak
This video was produced by AFSC coordinator Jen Hrobak for presentation at the Association for Fire Ecology 5th International Fire Ecology and Management Congress in Portland, Oregon, (Dec 3-7, 2012). It summarizes the Art of Fire project, including footage of field trips, the…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Stevenson
The Alaska Fire Science Consortium's "In a Time of Change: The Art of Fire" is a visual art project designed generate excitement, facilitate mutual understanding and promote meaningful dialogue on issues related to fire science and society. The interaction between artists, fire…
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES