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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Cvirn, Dorrian, Smith, Vincent, Jay, Roach, Sargent, Larsen, Aisbett, Ferguson
The effects on dehydration and cognitive performance from heat and/or physical activity are well established in the laboratory, although have not yet been studied for personnel working in occupations such as wildland firefighting regularly exposed to these types of conditions.…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Currie, Speer, Hiers, O'Brien, Goodrick, Quaife
Wildland fire dynamics are a complex three-dimensional turbulent process. Cellular automata (CA) is an efficient tool to predict fire dynamics, but the main parameters of the method are challenging to estimate. To overcome this challenge, we compute statistical distributions of…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Parajuli, Joshi, Poudyal, Kreuter
Prescribed burning is a widely used tool in forest and grassland management. However, because fire that escapes from a prescribed burn accidentally may cause property damage, injuries, and even human casualties, purchasing insurance to cover such damages may be beneficial for…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Morandini, Santoni, Tramoni, Mell
Structure of vegetation significantly influences its flammability and resulting fire spread. Despite considerable amount of laboratory studies, experimental works carried out with full plant specimens, representative of field conditions, are still limited. Present study aims to…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bu, Gharajeh
Fire is one of the main disasters in the world. A fire detection system should detect fires in various environments (e.g., buildings, forests, and rural areas) in the shortest time in order to reduce financial losses and humanistic disasters. Fire sensors are, in fact,…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sokolik, Soja, DeMott, Winker
Wildfire is a natural and integral ecosystem process that is necessary to maintain species composition, structure and ecosystem function. Extreme fires have been increasing over the last decades, which has a substantial impact on air quality, human health, the environment, and…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
A Preparedness Guide for Firefighters and Their Families provides honest information, resources, and conversation starters to give you, the firefighter, tools that will be helpful in preparing yourself and your family for realities of a career in wildland firefighting. This…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zhou, Liu, Jiang, Feng, Samsonov
Wildfires could have a strong impact on tundra environment by combusting surface vegetation and soil organic matter. For surface vegetation, many years are required to recover to pre-fire level. In this paper, by using C-band (VV/HV polarization) and L-band (HH polarization)…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wenninger, Hollingsworth, Wagner
Changes to the fire regime in boreal Alaska are shifting the ratio of coniferous to deciduous dominance on the landscape. The increase in aspen and birch may have important effects on predatory hymenopteran assemblages by providing a source of extrafloral nectar and increasing…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Teckentrup, Harrison, Hantson, Heil, Melton, Forrest, Li, Yue, Arneth, Hickler, Sitch, Lasslop
Understanding how fire regimes change over time is of major importance for understanding their future impact on the Earth system, including society. Large differences in simulated burned area between fire models show that there is substantial uncertainty associated with…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Olnes, Kielland, Genet, Ruess
The future of boreal forests in Alaska, United States, will likely consist of more deciduous-dominant stands because larger and more severe fires facilitate the establishment of deciduous species such as trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) and Alaska birch (Betula…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Two researchers discuss findings from studies on how wildfires affect local economies across the U.S. west, from onset to recovery and beyond.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Friggens, Loehman, Thode, Flatley, Evans, Bunn, Wilcox, Mueller, Yocom, Falk
Decision makers need better methods for identifying critical ecosystem vulnerabilities to changing climate and fire regimes. Climate-wildfire-vegetation interactions are complex and hinder classification and projection necessary for development of management strategies. One such…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Morandini, Toulouse, Silvani, Pieri, Rossi
Data collection in the field is fundamental in providing relevant information during fire spread across vegetation or in industrial environments. Considering the challenge and costs of obtaining measurements in the presence of a fire at such a large scale, the development of non…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ziel
Presented by: Robert "Zeke" Ziel, UAF
October 25th, 2019
Webinar from EPSCoR team meeting
Discussion of the evolution and development of fire behavior analysis tools
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Little
Presented by: Joe Little, University of Alaska Fairbanks
October 25th, 2019
PowerPoint presentation from the first Fall 2019 IARC Salon
Topics include: Forecasting fire suppression costs in the context of changing climate
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Fresco
Presented by: Nancy Fresco, University of Alaska Fairbanks
October 25th, 2019
PowerPoint presentation from the first Fall 2019 IARC Salon
Topics include: climate modeling and implications for area burned and vegetation shifts.
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Bhatt
Presented by: Uma Bhatt, UAF
October 25th, 2019
PowerPoint presentation from the first Fall 2019 IARC Salon
A summary of UAF's NSF EPSCoR project highlighting seasonal forecasting and improved vegetation mapping
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Colavito, Trainor, Kettle, York
Boundary organizations facilitate two-way, sustained interaction and communication between research and practitioner spheres, deliver existing science, and develop new, actionable scientific information to address emerging social–ecological questions applicable to decision-…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Harper, Santín, Doerr, Froyd, Albini, Otero, Viñas, Pérez-Fernández
It is well established in the world’s fire-prone regions that wildfires can considerably change the hydrological dynamics of freshwater catchments. Limited research, however, has focused on the potential impacts of wildfire ash toxicity on aquatic biota. Here, we assess the…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rhoades, Nunes, Silins, Doerr
This short paper provides the framework and introduction to this special issue of International Journal of Wildland Fire. Its eight papers were selected from those presented at two consecutive conferences held in 2018 in Europe and the USA that focussed on the impacts of…
Year: 2019
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jenkins, Ziel
Presented by: Jenn Jenkins and Robert 'Zeke' Ziel. Bureau of Land Management & Alaska Fire Science Consortium.
PowerPoint presentation from the 2019 Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group Interagency Fall Fire Review and Alaska Fire Science Consortium Fall Fire Science…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Smith
Presented by: Mark Smith, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
PowerPoint presentation from the 2019 Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group Interagency Fall Fire Review and Alaska Fire Science Consortium Fall Fire Science Workshop
Topics include comparison of air…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Bartos
Presented by: Benjamin Bartos, National Weather Service
Powerpoint presentation from the 2019 Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group Interagency Fall Fire Review and Alaska Fire Science Consortium Fall Fire Science Workshop
Topics include the unusual wind event from August and…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Strader
Presented by: Heidi Strader, National Park Service
PowerPoint presentation from the 2019 Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group Interagency Fall Fire Review and Alaska Fire Science Consortium Fall Fire Science Workshop
Collection of weather-prediction infographics and 2019…
Year: 2019
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES