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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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
'Documentation and analysis for fire behavior events should become a standard practice with Fire Behavior Analysts, and not 'a nice to do project'. The FBA has a responsibility bfore leaving a fire to tabulate pertinent data and to write a report that summarizesthe key factors…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mutch
Declining ecosystem health in many areas is setting the stage for firefighters and prescribed fire personnel to be facing extreme fire behavior situations much more frequently now and in the future.
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Thoele
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gleason
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rhoades
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Latham
PLUMP is a general -purpose, one-dimensional plume rise model for wildfire and prescribed fire planning. It calculates the characteristics of fire plu8mes, including vertical velocity, water content, excess temperature, rain, and ice. The model can also be used to determine the…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cornett
'The complexities of ecosystem management virtually require the use of GIS technology. The need to view and analyze ecosystems at a landscape level demands the spatial capabilities that only GIS can provide. The same capabilities will assist in modeling conditions and attributes…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cleland, Crow, Hart, Padley
'In this chapter, we present several concepts that are useful for defining, mapping, and managing ecosystems, and offer a brief prospectus of the use of remote sensing and GIS technoLogy in support of these activities. The topics presented here include (1) multiple factors,…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Henderson
The persistence and severity of water repellency in soils as affected by slashburning was examined in the municipal watersheds of Vancouver by the water drop penetration time (WDPT) and contact angle methods, respectively. Also hydrophobic materials wre extracted from soil,…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Woodard, Michalsky
A stand replacing crown fire was set in 1983 for the purpose of increasing the quality and quantity of a bighorn sheep range on Ram Mountain, Alberta. The area burned was a 250-year-old white spruce (Picea glauca [Moench] Voss) stand in close proximity to escape terrain and…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Negrete, Britton
The objectives of this study are to determine the effects of prescribed burning on the productivity and quality of six tropical grass species under semitropical conditions on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tame tropical pastures in this area are used for beef cattle production,…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Joslin
'Smokey Bear, America's 'forest fire preventin' bear' for fifty years, has taken a lot of undeserved heat lately. Wildland fire management professionals--especially fire prevention professionals--must understand that heat and counter it to preserve Smokey's effectiveness.'
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mangan
The use of existing fire weather history from computerized data storage libraries, in conjunction with fire use programs and routines, allows the fire planner to develop realistic prescription limits, especially when the use of unplanned ignitions is directed. The integration of…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Malm
Goals and objectives outlined in the Clean Air Act of 1977 are in conflict with land management practices that utilize control or prescribed burns to maintain a healthy ecosystem. Specifically, smoke emissions from burn areas can significantly and adversely affect the visual air…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Marsden
Polychotomous response data occur in the study of forest fire effects and in other forestry sciences. The response can be represented by the joint occurance of several dichotomous responses. When it is reasonable to represent the polychotomous response in this way, the…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lopoukhine, White
Fire management in Canada's national parks is facing other alternatives besides traditional suppression. The 1979 Parks Canada Policy permits a full range of options while the Natural Resources Management Process (NRMP) provides the framework by which specific options will be…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rustagi
Some simple steps are offered in the calculation of smple size in simple random sampling and two brief examples presented. © Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD. Abstract reproduced by permission.
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Perez-Chavez
Results are presented of studies in 1979 in fired forests in the vicinity of Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico. Resistance to fire damage and insect attack (reported for 5 Pinus spp.) was greatest in P. michoacana, least in P. leiophylla. Trees suffering a moderate amount of fire…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Poggiani, Rezende, Filho
Burning of understory vegetation and litter accumulated on the forest floor (mainly branches and leaves) after clearcutting is a method usually applied to facilitate logging eucalyptus plantations exploited for charcoal production. To evaluate burning effects, five plots of 1800…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Foster
The fire history of the wilderness of southeastern Labrador is marked by a patchy distribution of large fires in time and space. During the 110-year period encompassed by this study, major fires occurred in four decades, 1870-1879, 1890-1899, 1950-1959, 1970-1979. From 1900 to…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS