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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Fire management, and forest and rangeland fuels management, over the past century have altered the wildland fire situation dramatically, thus also altering the institutional approach to how to deal with the changing landscape. Also, climate change, extended drought, increased…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Larkin, Alden, Shulski
This proposal is in response to the Joint Fire Science Program's Announcement for Proposals 2004-2, Task 1, 'directly address[ing] local knowledge gaps associated with planning and implementation of...fuels treatment...that are specifically identified by an agency administrator…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wiitala
This guide contains instructions for using PROBACRE. PROBACRE is a computer program developed for purposes of assessing the long term risk associated with the level of protection provided to an area. The risk of concern centers on the chance that a protection area over time will…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Anderson, Sandberg, Norheim
Fire Emission Production Simulator (FEPS) is a user-friendly computer program designed for scientists and resource managers with some working knowledge of Microsoft Windows applications. The software manages data concerning consumption, emissions and heat release characteristics…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Yoder, Engle, Fuhlendorf
Prescribed fire is widely viewed as a useful but risky ecosystem management tool, and liability is a crucial issue for prescribed burning on private and public land. Basic liability rules motivate landowners to reduce risk when making choices about the use of fire. Liability…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hesseln, Loomis, Rideout, González-Cabán, Berry, Helmbrecht, Homik, Rodriguez, Sullivan
The fire suppression policy on public lands during the last century in the United States has resulted in increased fuel loadings, necessitating the use of prescribed fire and mechanical treatments to decrease hazardous fuels and risks of catastrophic wildfire. The effects of…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Winter, Vogt, McCaffrey
Surveys of homeowners in three different ecosystems with varying fuels management approaches reveal that homeowners' trust in natural resource agencies is significantly associated with perceived risks and benefits and with perceived agency competence. A weaker association…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Taylor, Wotton, Alexander, Dalrymple
Fire spread and flame temperature were examined in a series of nine experimental crown fires conducted in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Detailed maps of fire front progression revealed areas with higher rates of spread in the order of tens of metres in horizontal dimension…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stocks, Alexander, Lanoville
The International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment (ICFME), carried out between 1995 and 2001 in Canada's Northwest Territories, involved 18 experimental high-intensity crown fires, with more than 100 participants representing 30 organizations from 14 countries. ICFME has…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Robichaud, Gasvoda, Hungerford, Bilskie, Ashmun, Reardon
Duff water content is an important consideration for fire managers when determining favourable timing for prescribed fire ignition. The duff consumption during burning depends largely on the duff water content at the time of ignition. A portable duff moisture meter was developed…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Robichaud, Bilskie
Prescribed fires are increasingly being used to reduce hazardous fuels, a major objective of the National Fire Plan. Despite advancing technology and ever-improving models, fire managers still find it challenging to determine the right time for a prescribed burn.
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Robichaud
The tough, lightweight DMM600 is a portable, battery-powered sensor that provides real-time water content measurements of non-homogenous material. This sensor was originally developed to measure forest floor duff (decomposing organic material) moisture content and thus, aid in…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Reinhardt, Ottmar
Extensive measurements of smoke exposure among wildland firefighters are summarized, showing that firefighters can be exposed to significant levels of carbon monoxide and respiratory irritants, including formaldehyde, acrolein, and respirable particulate matter. Benzene was also…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Putnam, Butler
Fire shelters are critical safety items required for use by most wildland firefighters in the United States. Most testing of fire shelters, clothing and other personal protective equipment (PPE) has been limited to prescribed fires or laboratory based studies. This study reports…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Butler, Finney, Andrews, Albini
A numerical model for the prediction of the spread rate and intensity of forest crown fires has been developed. The model is the culmination of over 20 years of previously reported fire modelling research and experiments; however, it is only recently that it has been formulated…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
The purpose of the project was to restore forest health by reducing stocking levels and reducing ground and vertical forest fuels while retaining the large healthy over story component of the forest ecosystem. The long term goal of the project is to return this forest to its…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hays
This paper analyzes fuel loading and fire danger conditions for a ten-year planning period at Malamute Drop Zone at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Malamute DZ is a 300 acre clearing in the northern boreal forest where the U.S. Army conducts training maneuvers; the East side of the DZ…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fire, other disturbances, physical setting, weather, and climate shape the structure and function of forests throughout the Western United States. More than 80 years of fire research have shown that physical setting, fuels, and weather combine to determine wildfire intensity (…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fowler, Sieg
This review focused on the primary literature that described, modeled, or predicted the probability of postfire mortality in ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). The methods and measurements that were used to predict postfire tree death…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Stefner, Mason, Stocks, Hartley, Maffey, Wotton, Taylor, Lavoie, Dalrymple
This report describes in detail the various sampling methods and techniques used in quantifying the ground, surface, ladder, and crown or canopy fuel characteristics of the jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) - black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP) forest in the primary plots…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lynch, Clark, Stocks
The relationship between charcoal production from fires and charcoal deposition in lakes is poorly understood, which limits the interpretation of sediment charcoal records. This calibration study assessed charcoal particle production, size, and transport during the International…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Black
Fire suppression has reduced acres burned to an average of 2 million acres a year. An unfortunate result of this has been the accumulation of even more above-normal fuel loads in many areas. This paper discusses (1) the important ecological role of fire, (2) using fire as a…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Miller
While our understanding of the causes for variation in postfire effects is increasing, burn prescriptions may not always include parameters that control the long-term heat pulse from fire. This paper discusses (1) fuel consumption and fire effects, (2) prescription design…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fuels planning: science synthesis and integration; economic uses fact sheet 8: prescribed fire costs
Although the use of prescribed fire as a management tool is widespread, there is great variability and uncertainty in the treatment costs. Given specific site variables and management objectives, how much will it cost to use prescribed fire? This paper describes the FASTRACS…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES