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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Terhune
In his article Fuelbreaks for Wildland Fire Management, (Fire Ecology, Vol 1, Nbr 1, April 2005), Timothy Ingalsbee calls for '...wider range of designs, methods, and uses for fuelbreaks than has been offered in the typical fuelbreak proposals of the past.' But then he takes a…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Alexander, Cruz, Lopes
CFIS -- which stands for Crown Fire Initiation and Spread -- is a software tool or system incorporating several recently developed models designed to simulate crown fire behavior. The main outputs of CFIS are: (1) the likelihood of crown fire initiation or occurrence; (2) the…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
DeWilde, Chapin
Wildfire is the major natural agent of disturbance in interior Alaska. We examined the magnitude of human impact on fire by comparing fire regime between individual 1-km2 grid cells designated for fire suppression with lands where fires are allowed to burn naturally. Two-thirds…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Miller
From the text ... 'WFU [wildland fire use] is the management of naturally ignited wildland fires to protect, maintain, and enhance resources in predefined areas outlined in fire management plans.' © 2007 by the Association for Fire Ecology.
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lentile, Holden, Smith, Falkowski, Hudak, Morgan, Lewis, Gessler, Benson
Space and airborne sensors have been used to map area burned, assess characteristics of active fires, and characterize post-fire ecological effects. Confusion about fire intensity, fire severity, burn severity, and related terms can result in the potential misuse of the inferred…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Manzello, Cleary, Shields, Yang
Firebrands or embers are produced as trees and structures burn in wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires. It is believed that firebrand showers created in WUI fires may ignite vegetation and mulch located near homes and structures. This, in turn, may lead to ignition of homes and…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Parisien, Peters, Wang, Little, Bosch, Stocks
The present study characterized the spatial patterns of forest fires in 10 fire-dominated ecozones of Canada by using a database of mapped fires ³= 200 ha from 1980 to 1999 (n = 5533 fires). Spatial metrics were used individually to compare measures of fire size, shape (…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Arvai, Gregory, Ohlson, Blackwell, Gray
This article presents results from three studies, which seek to develop a better understanding of some of the difficulties faced by forest managers in making wildfire risk management decisions. Study I showed that both the experts and the public tend to emphasize uncontrollable…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Paul, Chapman, Chanway
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rachaniotis, Pappis
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Martínez-de Dios, André, Goncalves, Arrue, Ollero, Viegas
This paper presents an experimental method using computer-based image processing techniques of visual and infrared movies of a propagating fire front, taken from one or more cameras, to supply the time evolutions of the fire front shape and position, flame inclination angle,…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McIntire, Fortin
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Taylor, Alexander
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Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cruz, Butler, Alexander
A crown fuel ignition model (CFIM) describing the temperature rise and subsequent ignition of the lower portion of tree crowns above a spreading surface fire was evaluated through a sensitivity analysis, comparison against other models, and testing against experimental fire data…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cruz, Butler, Alexander, Forthofer, Wakimoto
A model was developed to predict the ignition of forest crown fuels above a surface fire based on heat transfer theory. The crown fuel ignition model (hereafter referred to as CFIM) is based on first principles, integrating: (i) the characteristics of the energy source as…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Otway, Bork, Anderson, Alexander
Fire is one of the key disturbances affecting aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) forest ecosystems within western Canadian wildlands, including Elk Island National Park. Prescribed fire use is a tool available to modify aspen forests, yet clearly understanding its potential…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Shakesby, Doerr
Wildfire can lead to considerable hydrological and geomorphological change, both directly by weathering bedrock surfaces and changing soil structure and properties, and indirectly through the effects of changes to the soil and vegetation on hydrological and geomorphological…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Dalle, De Blois
Shifting cultivation systems, one of the most widely distributed forms of agriculture in the tropics, provide not only crops of cultural significance, but also medicinal, edible, ritual, fuel, and forage resources, which contribute to the livelihoods, health, and cultural…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Nasiatka, Christenson
From the text ... 'Wildland fuels programs around the country are faced with periodic review and evaluations.... The Lessons Learned Center cooperated with Harvard Business School as it developed the first of its kind organizational learning survey to help individuals and units…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Dether, Black
From the text ... 'Our intent is to identify potential 'weak signals' or 'early warding signs' that fire use practitioners might want to heed as they prepare for future fire use and suppression events....If we can train ourselves to notice and respond to surprises early -- while…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sexton
From the text ... 'Line officer support and active involvement was identified as the most important common denominator of the high-performance prescribed fire programs.... This personnel interchange between units not only helps accomplish agency targets, but it enhances the…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sexton
From the text ... 'All Forest Service regions now have strategies designed to reduce wildfire hazard primarily through the application of prescribed fire.... Many forests have developed strategies that utilize a sequence of treatments to reduce risk and to better position their…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Muller
From the text ... 'Wildland fire use is used to implement land management objectives identified in the agency's land use plans and supported by its approved fire management plans.'
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Laughlin, Fulé
From the text ... 'Old-growth forests provide researchers a unique setting to study the role of fire in forested ecosystems.... These wildland fire use fires have important management implications for Federal land management agencies.... Land managers often face conflicting…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Segar
From the text ... 'While prescribed fire continues to be the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service's preferred means for managing fuels and fire-adapted habitats -- the agency started using this 'tool' to manage wildlife habitat back in the 1930s -- an…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS