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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Gaughan, Piacitelli, Chen, Law, Virji, Edwards, Enright, Schwegler-Berry, Leonard, Wagner, Kobzik, Kales, Hughes, Christiani, Siegel, Cox-Ganser, Hoover
Respiratory problems are common among wildland firefighters. However, there are few studies directly linking occupational exposures to respiratory effects in this population. Our objective was to characterize wildland fire fighting occupational exposures and assess their…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barnett
From the text ... 'The key to successfully avoiding accidents is the development of equal parts confidence and caution.'
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Barnett
From the text ... 'Forest Service manuals and handbooks are full of binding standards intended to protect and guide employees. Training, tools, and information bolster safe operational objectives. Everyone from the Chief of the Forest service to forest resource experts provide…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Butry, Prestemon, Thomas
The number of smoking-caused wildfires has been falling nationwide. In national forests in 2011, smoking-caused wildfires represented only 10% of their 1980 level. No other cause of wildfire has experienced this level of decline. For 12 states, we evaluate the rate of smoking-…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Butler
Current wildland firefighter safety zone guidelines are based on studies that assume flat terrain, radiant heating, finite flame width, constant flame temperature and high flame emissivity. Firefighter entrapments and injuries occur across a broad range of vegetation, terrain…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Stein, Menakis, Carr, Comas, Stewart, Cleveland, Bramwell, Radeloff
From the text ... 'Fire historically has played a fundamental ecological role in many of America's wildland areas. However, the increasing number of homes in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), associated impacts on lives and property from wildfire, and escalating costs of…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Andrews
The BehavePlus Fire Modeling System is among the most widely used systems for wildland fire prediction. It is designed for use in a range of tasks including wildfire behaviour prediction, prescribed fire planning, fire investigation, fuel hazard assessment, fire model…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
[from the text] For years, the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge has been creating fuelbreaks by managing vegetation along its boundaries. Planning by the Refuge, the State, and private landowners led to construction of fuelbreaks designed to protect homes from the next wildfire,…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Youssouf, Liousse, Roblou, Assamoi, Salonen, Maesano, Banerjee, Annesi-Maesano
Wildfires take a heavy toll on human health worldwide. Climate change may increase the risk of wildfire frequency. Therefore, in view of adapted preventive actions, there is an urgent need to further understand the health effects and public awareness of wildfires. We conducted a…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Butler, Hardy
The term safety zone was first introduced into the official literature in 1957 in the aftermath of the Inaja fire that killed 11 firefighters. Since then identification of safety zones has been an integral task for all wildland firefighters. The work that resulted in the current…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barnett
Forest Service manuals and handbooks are full of binding standards intended to protect and guide employees. Training, tools, and information bolster safe operational objectives. Everyone from the Chief of the Forest Service to forest resource experts provide input and oversight…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cantrell
The challenges of shrinking budgets, lack of travel funds, and the ever-pressing need to train wildland firefighters has led to calls by instructors, training officers, and geographic area training representatives for new ways to safely conduct training. With the development of…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Barnett
Accident avoidance, or 'premitigation,' starts with the individual. From their first exposure to operations, firefighters possess a level of reliance on procedure and a sense of self-preservation that assist in maintaining an accident-free environment. These motivators persist…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
'What's Up with Incident Reviews?' Today it seems we have incident reviews for everything-with more incident reviews and types of reviews than ever before. In this issue, we try to peel back the layers for what 'officially' guides these reviews-including the differences in…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
When the smoke is churning and we're slamming line, the physical location of the Lunch Spot often coincides with a decision point. It's commonly a spot offering a safe place to take a tactical pause. It might not always take place while the crew is eating, but the decisions made…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
One thing we can all do to prepare for our time on the line is physical training-PT. Does your PT program prepare you for your job? Are you susceptible to injury? Do you know the risks and dangers associated with PT? Check out this issue for all kinds of good info on physical…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Is the Wildland Fire Service learning? In this issue we tackle the hard question: Does any of this stuff work-are lessons actually learned? What do you think?
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sachs
Wildland fire agencies respond to more types of emergencies than only wildland fire, and structural fire departments respond to more than structure fires. In addition to day-to-day emergencies of all types within their areas of protection, these emergency responders also deal…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Stein, Menakis, Carr, Comas, Stewart, Cleveland, Bramwell, Radeloff
This article is excerpted from a previously published general technical report, Wildfire, Wildlands, and People: Understanding and Preparing for Wildfire in the Wildland-Urban Interface-A Forests on the Edge Report (Stein et al. 2013). This excerpt focuses on research about…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cleveland
There are different types of wildland fire management experts to call when fire severity increases. One type-the wildland Fire Prevention and Education Team (FPET)-is designed to focus on reducing the number of human-caused wildfires, educating communities to reduce their risk…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Whether conducting building science to investigate best practices, developing educational materials, or bringing together insurers and firefighters, the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) has long been committed to creating fire adapted communities.
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Deaton
Whether you are at the town, county, or regional level, identifying and bringing together the proper players in wildland-fire preparedness can be a challenge. Each player has an important role in preparedness, and each brings both benefits and unique challenges to the local…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mowery, Prudhomme
Every year, wildfires burn across the United States; today, more and more people are living where wildfires are a real threat. An estimated 72,000 communities are located in wildfire-prone areas. Wildfires do not recognize property or jurisdictional boundaries, and everyone in a…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Leschak
A fire adapted community could be defined as a knowledgeable and engaged community in which the awareness and actions of residents regarding infrastructure, buildings, landscaping, and the surrounding ecosystem lessens the need for extensive protection actions and enables the…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Harbour
Doctrine establishes a particular way of thinking about fire suppression and our way of fire suppression, a philosophy for leading firefighters on the fireline, a mandate for professionalism, and a common language. Doctrinal development benefits from our collective experience…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS