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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Cui, Perera
The scientific, social, and economic significance of the knowledge of boreal forest fire regimes is becoming increasingly evident in North America. One synoptic indicator of fire regimes is the probability distribution of the fire size events, commonly known as the fire size…
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
From the summary: 'Our dying spruce forests will have economic impacts to many resource values important to Alaskans. With all indicators considered, action to prevent the damage or to rehabilitate dead areas using the existing wood value to pay for treatments will be more cost…
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
ANNOTATION: FRCS is a spreadsheet application useful for estimating the cost of forest operations undertaken to reduce forest fuel loads by cutting and removing trees for solid wood products or chips. It can also be used to estimate the cost of collecting and chipping forest…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
ANNOTATION: FoRTS is a spreadsheet based calculator designed to help compare alternative methods of moving biomass from the forest to a wood-using facility. It will estimate loading and hauling costs for different combinations of equipment, evaluate the best mix (numbers and…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Fried, Barbour, Fight
ANNOTATION: FIA BioSum is a concept-based methodology that generates cost estimates, identifies opportunities and evaluates the effectiveness of fuel treatments in region-wide forested landscapes. The BioSum modeling framework incorporates a transportation cost model, a…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS) assists fire managers and analysts in making strategic and tactical decisions for fire incidents. It has replaced the WFSA (Wildland Fire Situation Analysis), Wildland Fire Implementation Plan (WFIP), and Long-Term Implementation…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Jones, Zuuring, Sullivan, Krueger, Wood, Troutwine
MAGIS EXPRESS is structured primarily as a timber harvest-road access tool. Two GIS coverages (or shapefiles) are used: Treatment units and Roads. Forest vegetation on the treatment unit polygons is represented using a 'vegetative state and pathway' paradigm. Vegetative 'states…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
PLATA is a Windows-based application for doing economic analysis of a planning project. PLATA does an 'efficiency' analysis, using net present value, cost/benefit ratio, and annual equivalent value. It also calculates trust fund sufficiency, allocates treatment costs by fund…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
This glossary provides the wildland fire and fire use communities a single source for wildland fire, prescribed fire, fire use and incident management terminology commonly used by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) and its Working Teams. The NWCG has directed that…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Biesecker, Fight
Every fuel reduction treatment has its price, and finding that price involves sorting through a confusing array of choices. Among them are which trees to cut, what material to utilize for forest products versus treatment in place, equipment options, and what types of stands to…
Year: 2006
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
MAGIS EXPRESS is structured primarily as a timber harvest-road access tool. Two GIS coverages (or shapefiles) are used: Treatment units and Roads. Forest vegetation on the treatment unit polygons is represented using a 'vegetative state and pathway' paradigm. Vegetative 'states…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The FORBS Program is based on the National Fire Management Analysis System (NFMAS). It utilizes existing Personal Computer Historical Analysis (PCHA), Interagency Initial Attack Assessment (IIAA), and Arc View processes. FORBS is tied to the Suppression Analysis developed in…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
FirePlan GIS from SIG uses advanced GIS technology to help identify cost-effective fire prevention solutions. Using the FARSITE fire model in conjunction with Arc View software, FirePlan can help land managers identify and prioritize areas for vegetative treatment. Not only will…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The Fire Statistics System (FIRESTAT) is a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (FS) application used to electronically enter, update, and delete required information on the Individual Fire Report (form FS-5100-29) as required by FSH 5109.14, the Individual Fire…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The Fire Statistics System (FIRESTAT) is a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (FS) application used to electronically enter, update, and delete required information on the Individual Fire Report (form FS-5100-29) as required by FSH 5109.14, the Individual Fire…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The Fire Statistics System (FIRESTAT) is a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (FS) application used to electronically enter, update, and delete required information on the Individual Fire Report (form FS-5100-29) as required by FSH 5109.14, the Individual Fire…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The Fire Statistics System (FIRESTAT) is a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (FS) application used to electronically enter, update, and delete required information on the Individual Fire Report (form FS-5100-29) as required by FSH 5109.14, the Individual Fire…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The purpose of the Fire Program Analysis (FPA) System is to provide managers with a common interagency process for fire management planning and budgeting to evaluate the effectiveness of alternative fire management strategies through time, to meet land management goals and…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
The Fire Effects Tradeoff Model (FETM) is a disturbance effects model designed to simulate the tradeoffs between alternative land management practices over long periods of time (up to 300 years) and under diverse environmental conditions, natural fire regimes, and fuel and fire…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Firebudget 2 is a budget analysis tool to assist planners in determining Fire and Aviation Management budgets. Using various funding levels, FireBudget 2 determines allocation at the Most Efficient Level (MEL) as calculated in the National Fire Management Analysis System (NFMAS).
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
A comprehensive property management system designed to meet all audit requirements imposed upon the states by law and regulation, and to provide a tool for the States to improve and assist in the effective management of FEPP. Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) is a program…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Allows automated data entry into Incident Command System Form ICS-209, Incident Status Summary. Transmits summaries from reporting units to regional and national databases. Improves timely and complete reporting for use in strategic decision making. Generates automated ICS-209…
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Little, Jandt
Wildland fire is the dominant disturbance agent of the boreal forest of Alaska, which covers about 114 million ac. of the southcentral and interior regions, representing about 15% of the forested area of the U.S. Currently, about 80% of the population of Alaska resides in…
Year: 2018
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Third International Symposium on Fire Economics, Planning and Policy: Common Problems and Approaches
Wildland fire management programs and fire suppression is multi-faceted, spanning intellectual disciplines and administrative boundaries. Planning and implementing fire management programs requires knowledge and experience in fire science, ecosystem ecology, fuel dynamics,…
Year: 2008
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Hesseln, Loomis, Rideout
This study is an integrated economic assessment of alternative fuels treatments. We examine ecological, economic and financial aspects of alternative fuels treatments paying particular attention to market and non-market costs and benefits, property damage, smoke, air quality,…
Year: 2005
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES