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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Topic
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Barnes
Preliminary list of fire research needs in Alaska.
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Annually in the U.S., smoking causes 438 thousand deaths and costs about $167 billion in healthcare and lost productivity. Despite these statistics, more than a fourth of young adults continue to light up. Quitting smoking has major and immediate health benefits at every age but…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
This podcast discusses West Nile Virus and Lyme disease and offers strategies to reduce the risk of mosquito and tick bites.
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Trainor
A summary of a JSFP survey presented by Sarah Trainor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, at the 2011 Alaska Fire Science Workshop.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Forest and range health, along with wildfire, currently dominate management decisions on public lands across much of the United States. Changing conditions on the ground, as well as government initiatives such as the National Fire Plan, the Healthy Forests Restoration Act, and…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Henderson
A discussion of landscape edits specific to Alaska using the fire models.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
St. Clair
This webinar was facilitated by Tom St. Clair, Fairbanks, Alaska, and focused on WFDSS modeling and weather. The agenda items covered included: how to pick RAWS to get the best data for wind and fuels, using predicted weather, ERC classes tab in WFDSS, ERC streams tab in WFDSS,…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Carlson
Ric Carlson relates one occurrence when his optimism in a burn plan colored his perspective.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Carlson
Ric Carlson describes how he develops the prescription window and uses a process of constant evaluation and updating that helps him avoid the traps always inherent with boundary selection.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Carlson
Ric Carlson describes how he develops the prescription window and uses a process of constant evaluation and updating that helps him avoid the traps always inherent with boundary selection.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Keller
How could an engine rollover on a wildfire actually start several months before this accident occurs? 'Engine Rollover: Why This Accident Started Months Ago', the latest release in the Wildland Fire Lesson Learned Center's 'Firefighter: Remember This' video series, is now…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Keller
This is a 9-minute video regarding watchouts and suggestions for operating vehicles in the black.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Guse
An introduction to a variety of fire weather forecasting tools available free online. These include new features of the National Weather Service site and Google Earth applications. This webinar was presented by Ray Guse, The Nature Conservancy, and hosted by the Fire Learning…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Huffman
A simple model that looks at the physical, ecological and social aspects of a fire system is presented and applied to forests in the western U.S. and the highlands of southern Mexico. The model can be used to clarify linkages among system drivers and to identify vulnerabilities…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Swaty
This webinar by Randy Swaty, provides an introduction to a new LANDFIRE tool, the vegetation departure calculator (VDC), including a brief introduction to LANDFIRE and ecological departure measures and a demonstration of the tool. This webinar was hosted by the Fire Learning…
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Lowenstein
Climate change is no longer a threat; it's a reality. A rapidly changing climate is already transforming ecosystems and the processes that sustain them; greater changes lie in front of us. Climate change will change physical relationships (e.g. the baseflow in streams from a…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Quarles
Home survival in wildfire prone areas depends on a combination of adequate vegetation management in the area surrounding your home (i.e., your 'defensible space') and choices regarding building materials and design decisions for the home or building. Steve Quarles has been…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Lutes
FFI (FEAT/FIREMON Integrated) is an ecological monitoring system designed to assist managers with collection, storage and analysis of plot level ecological information. It includes a large selection of standard sampling protocols and supports user defined methods. It supports…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Smith
This webinar discusses different aspects of LANDFIRE including: 1) the current suite of products, 2) plans for improvement and updating, 3) application ideas, and 4) how you can participate. After watching this presentation you should have a better idea of whether LANDFIRE would…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rigby
A discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for fire mapping. Presented at the 2nd Annual Alaska Fire Science Consortium Workshop (Oct. 14-15, 2010)
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rupp
A discussion of climate change in Alaska and how it impacts fire regimes. Presented at the 2nd Annual Alaska Fire Science Consortium Workshop (Oct. 14-15, 2010).
Year: 2010
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Jones
This mediasite video presentation given by Jeff Jones (US Forest Service, RMRS WFM RD&A) goes into detail about the National Interagency Fuels, Fire, and Vegetation Technology Transfer (NIFTT) team. He works with LANDFIRE, mainly focusing on technology transfer, and also…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rorig
Introduction to WFDSS - Air Quality ToolsSmoke management is an important aspect of managing wildland fire. While mitigating smoke impacts from prescribed burns is important, smoke from large wildfire complexes (such as the AZ/NM fires in 2011) can expose millions of people to…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Taylor, Lawson
Video providing an introduction to the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. 22 minutes.
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Trainor, Leigh, Hrobak, Ellis
The Alaska Fire Science Consortium (AFSC) has partnered with UAF's Bonanza Creek Long Term Ecological Research Station to foster the growing network of visual artists, writers, and scientists dedicated to integrating scientific and artistic perspectives on climate change in…
Year: 2011
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES